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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| fatalism | a doctrine that events are fixed in advance so that human beings are powerless to change them |
| factitious | produced by humans rather than by natural forces |
| conviction | the act or process of finding a person guilty of a crime especially in a court of law |
| shift | to exchange for or replace by another : change |
| frisk | to search (a person) for something (such as a concealed weapon) by running the hand rapidly over the clothing and through the pockets |
| troth | loyal or pledged faithfulness : fidelity |
| wean | to accustom (a young child or animal) to take food otherwise than by nursing |
| diverge | to move or extend in different directions from a common point : draw apart |
| pachyderm | any of various nonruminant mammals (such as an elephant, a rhinoceros, or a hippopotamus) of a former group (Pachydermata) that have hooves or nails resembling hooves and usually thick skin |
| ploy | escapade |