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 |
|---|---|
| ungainly | lacking in smoothness or dexterity : clumsy |
| repugnance | the quality or fact of being contradictory or inconsistent |
| actuate | to put into mechanical action or motion |
| defile | to make unclean or impure: such as |
| alienate | to cause to be estranged : to make unfriendly, hostile, or indifferent especially where attachment formerly existed |
| warble | a melodious succession of low pleasing sounds |
| profane | to treat (something sacred) with abuse, irreverence, or contempt : desecrate |
| magisterial | of, relating to, or having the characteristics of a master or teacher : authoritative |
| repellent | serving or tending to drive away or ward off |
| oblique | neither perpendicular nor parallel : inclined |