GRE Word List
LITANY
a prayer consisting of a series of invocations and supplications by the leader with alternate responses by the congregation
The meaning of the word litany is a prayer consisting of a series of invocations and supplications by the leader with alternate responses by the congregation.
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| doctrinaire | stubbornly or excessively devoted to a doctrine or theory without regard to practical considerations |
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| supplicate | to make a humble entreaty |
| wreak | bring about |
| resound | to become filled with sound : reverberate |
| alliteration | the repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables (such as wild and woolly, threatening throngs) |
| embitter | to excite bitter feelings in |