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.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| tend | to exhibit an inclination or tendency : conduce |
| tribulation | distress or suffering resulting from oppression or persecution |
| citadel | a fortress that commands (see command |
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |
| convene | to come together in a body |
| arcade | a long arched building or gallery |
| resound | to become filled with sound : reverberate |
| afterlife | an existence after death |
| magistrate | an official entrusted with administration of the laws: such as |
| draft | the act of drawing or pulling in a net |