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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| martyr | a person who voluntarily suffers death as the penalty of witnessing to and refusing to renounce a religion |
| agitate | to excite and often trouble the mind or feelings of : disturb |
| heed | to pay attention |
| decree | an order usually having the force of law |
| squat | to cause (oneself) to crouch or sit on the ground |
| tenet | a principle, belief, or doctrine generally held to be true |
| attrition | sorrow for one's sins that arises from a motive other than that of the love of God |
| carapace | a bony or chitinous case or shield covering the back or part of the back of an animal (such as a turtle or crab) |
| ravel | to become unwoven, untwisted, or unwound : fray |
| bilious | of or relating to a yellow or greenish fluid that is secreted by the liver and that aids especially in the emulsification and absorption of fats : of or relating to bile (see bile |