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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raspy | harsh |
bacchanalian | a Roman festival of Bacchus celebrated with dancing, song, and revelry |
practicable | capable of being put into practice or of being done or accomplished : feasible |
ratify | to approve and sanction formally : confirm |
extrapolation | to predict by projecting past experience or known data |
quip | a clever usually taunting remark : gibe |
expedient | suitable for achieving a particular end in a given circumstance |
bellicose | favoring or inclined to start quarrels or wars |
ultimatum | a final proposition, condition, or demand |
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 |