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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| brusque | markedly short and abrupt |
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| ascetic | practicing strict self-denial as a measure of personal and especially spiritual discipline |
| throes | pang |
| punctilious | marked by or concerned about precise accordance with the details of codes or conventions |
| effrontery | shameless boldness : insolence |
| hermetic | of or relating to the mystical and alchemical writings or teachings arising in the first three centuries a.d. |
| aperture | an opening or open space : hole |
| ardor | an often restless or transitory warmth of feeling |
| cross | a structure consisting of an upright with a transverse beam used especially by the ancient Romans for execution |