GRE Word List
PAROCHIAL
of or relating to a church parish
The meaning of the word parochial is of or relating to a church parish.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| derivation | the formation of a word from another word or base (as by the addition of a usually noninflectional affix) |
| withdrawn | removed from immediate contact or easy approach : isolated |
| fluke | flatfish |
| calligraphy | artistic, stylized, or elegant handwriting or lettering |
| jab | to pierce or prod (someone or something) with or as if with a pointed object |
| phoenix | a legendary bird which according to one account lived 500 years, burned itself to ashes on a pyre, and rose alive from the ashes to live another period |
| humble | not proud or haughty : not arrogant or assertive |
| psychic | of or relating to the psyche : psychogenic |
| turbid | thick or opaque with or as if with roiled sediment |
| dormer | a window set vertically in a structure projecting through a sloping roof |