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 |
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| frock | an outer garment worn by monks and friars : habit |
| abortive | prematurely born |
| belittle | to speak slightingly of : disparage |
| overbearing | tending to overwhelm : overpowering |
| ratiocination | the process of exact thinking : reasoning |
| exonerate | to relieve of a responsibility, obligation, or hardship |
| analgesic | an agent producing diminished sensation to pain without loss of consciousness : a drug that is used to relieve pain and produce analgesia |
| tender | marked by, responding to, or expressing the softer emotions : fond |
| therapeutic | of or relating to the treatment of disease or disorders by remedial agents or methods : curative |
| bound | fastened by or as if by a band : confined |