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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| disinclination | a preference for avoiding something : slight aversion |
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| ford | a shallow part of a body of water that may be crossed by wading |
| cumulative | increasing by successive additions |
| innuendo | an oblique allusion : hint |
| edict | a proclamation having the force of law |
| titillate | to excite pleasurably : arouse by stimulation |
| vigilante | a member of a volunteer committee organized to suppress and punish crime summarily (as when the processes of law are viewed as inadequate) |
| perpetuate | to make perpetual or cause to last indefinitely |
| surly | menacing or threatening in appearance |