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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| assuage | to lessen the intensity of (something that pains or distresses) : ease |
| weary | exhausted in strength, endurance, vigor, or freshness |
| distinct | distinguishable to the eye or mind as being discrete (see discrete |
| insurmountable | incapable of being surmounted : insuperable |
| gracious | marked by kindness and courtesy |
| etymology | the history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language |
| equanimity | evenness of mind especially under stress |
| abortive | prematurely born |
| dabble | to work or involve oneself superficially or intermittently especially in a secondary activity or interest |
| tart | agreeably sharp or acid to the taste |