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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| proverb | a brief popular epigram or maxim : adage |
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| skulk | to move in a stealthy or furtive manner |
| depredation | to lay waste : plunder |
| complacency | self-satisfaction especially when accompanied by unawareness of actual dangers or deficiencies |
| guileless | innocent |
| anachronism | an error in chronology |
| carcinogenic | producing or tending to produce cancer |
| glaze | to furnish or fit with glass |
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