GRE Word List
MILLENNIUM
the thousand years mentioned in Revelation (see revelation
The meaning of the word millennium is the thousand years mentioned in Revelation (see revelation.
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| placebo | a usually pharmacologically inert preparation prescribed more for the mental relief of the patient than for its actual effect on a disorder |
| amenable | liable to be brought to account : answerable |
| laity | the people of a religious faith as distinguished from its clergy |
| sibylline | any of several prophetesses usually accepted as 10 in number and credited to widely separate parts of the ancient world (such as Babylonia, Egypt, Greece, and Italy) |
| tranquillity | the quality or state of being tranquil |
| caliber | degree of mental capacity or moral quality |
| drone | a stingless male bee (as of the honeybee) that has the role of mating with the queen and does not gather nectar or pollen |
| gratuitous | not called for by the circumstances : not necessary, appropriate, or justified : unwarranted |
| plait | pleat |
| far-fetched | brought from a remote time or place |