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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|---|---|
| insightful | exhibiting or characterized by insight |
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| purported | reputed |
| amorphous | having no definite form : shapeless |
| carping | marked by or inclined to querulous and often perverse criticism |
| heed | to pay attention |
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| scapegoat | a goat upon whose head are symbolically placed the sins of the people after which he is sent into the wilderness in the biblical ceremony for Yom Kippur |
| erode | to diminish or destroy by degrees: |