GRE Word List
LAITY
the people of a religious faith as distinguished from its clergy
The meaning of the word laity is the people of a religious faith as distinguished from its clergy.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| sleazy | lacking firmness of texture : flimsy |
| scuffle | to struggle at close quarters with disorder and confusion |
| desiccate | to dry up |
| gale | a strong current of air: |
| fulsome | characterized by abundance : copious |
| giddy | dizzy |
| stamina | the bodily or mental capacity to sustain a prolonged stressful effort or activity : endurance |
| hypnosis | a trancelike state that resembles sleep but is induced by a person whose suggestions are readily accepted by the subject |
| mode | an arrangement of the eight diatonic notes or tones of an octave according to one of several fixed schemes of their intervals (see interval |
| eccentric | deviating from conventional or accepted usage or conduct especially in odd or whimsical ways |