GRE Word List
PIETY
the quality or state of being pious: such as
The meaning of the word piety is the quality or state of being pious: such as.
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| ventral | of or relating to the belly : abdominal |
| stalwart | marked by outstanding strength and vigor of body, mind, or spirit |
| interstice | a space that intervenes between things |
| scorch | to burn a surface of so as to change its color and texture |
| relish | characteristic flavor |
| gusty | the sensation of taste |
| hap | happening |
| hazy | made dim or cloudy by or as if by fine dust, smoke, or light vapor in the air : obscured by or as if by haze (see haze |
| etymology | the history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language |
| putrescent | undergoing putrefaction : becoming putrid |