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 |
|---|---|
| debauch | to corrupt by intemperance or sensuality |
| alliteration | the repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables (such as wild and woolly, threatening throngs) |
| bacchanalian | a Roman festival of Bacchus celebrated with dancing, song, and revelry |
| bereft | deprived or robbed of the possession or use of something |
| underscore | to draw a line under : underline |
| salient | moving by leaps or springs : jumping |
| soluble | susceptible of being dissolved in or as if in a liquid and especially water |
| dilettante | a person having a superficial interest in an art or a branch of knowledge : dabbler |
| moribund | being in the state of dying : approaching death |
| viand | an item of food |