GRE Word List
ORTHODOX
conforming to established doctrine especially in religion
The meaning of the word orthodox is conforming to established doctrine especially in religion.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| anathema | someone or something intensely disliked or loathed |
| esoteric | designed for or understood by the specially initiated alone |
| implore | to make an earnest request to (someone) : beg |
| awry | off the correct or expected course : amiss |
| whiff | a quick puff or slight gust especially of air, odor, gas, smoke, or spray |
| indict | to charge with a crime by the finding or presentment of a jury (such as a grand jury) in due form of law |
| supplicate | to make a humble entreaty |
| expatriate | banish |
| pharisee | a member of a Jewish sect of the intertestamental period noted for strict observance of rites and ceremonies of the written law and for insistence on the validity of their own oral traditions concerning the law |
| append | attach |