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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consecrate | dedicated to a sacred purpose |
argot | the language used by a particular type or group of people : an often more or less secret vocabulary and idiom peculiar to a particular group |
conscript | a conscripted person (such as a military recruit) |
disarray | a lack of order or sequence : confusion |
deterrent | serving to discourage, prevent, or inhibit : serving to deter |
concession | the act or an instance of conceding (as by granting something as a right, accepting something as true, or acknowledging defeat) |
representational | one that represents: such as |
stoic | a member of a school of philosophy founded by Zeno of Citium about 300 b.c. |
inextricable | forming a maze or tangle from which it is impossible to get free |
gnarled | full of knots or gnarls : knotty |