GRE Word List
PARISH
the ecclesiastical unit of area committed to one pastor
The meaning of the word parish is the ecclesiastical unit of area committed to one pastor.
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| analogous | similar or comparable to something else either in general or in some specific detail |
| recant | to withdraw or repudiate (a statement or belief) formally and publicly : renounce |
| appurtenances | accessory objects |
| maelstrom | a powerful often violent whirlpool sucking in objects within a given radius |
| metamorphosis | change of physical form, structure, or substance especially by supernatural means |
| macabre | having death as a subject : comprising or including a personalized representation of death |
| idolatry | the worship of a physical object as a god |
| visceral | felt in or as if in the internal organs of the body : deep |
| collaborate | to work jointly with others or together especially in an intellectual endeavor |
| miscellany | separate writings collected in one volume |