GRE Word List
PADRE
a Christian clergyman
The meaning of the word padre is a Christian clergyman.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| fanciful | marked by fancy or unrestrained imagination rather than by reason and experience |
| foment | to promote the growth or development of : rouse |
| velocity | quickness of motion : speed |
| sartorial | of or relating to a tailor or tailored clothes |
| substantive | having substance : involving matters of major or practical importance to all concerned |
| pervasive | existing in or spreading through every part of something |
| parish | the ecclesiastical unit of area committed to one pastor |
| refraction | deflection from a straight path undergone by a light ray or energy wave in passing obliquely from one medium (such as air) into another (such as glass) in which its velocity is different |
| patina | a usually green film formed naturally on copper and bronze by long exposure or artificially (as by acids) and often valued aesthetically for its color |
| contusion | injury to tissue usually without laceration : bruise |