GRE Word List
PIOUS
marked by or showing reverence for deity and devotion to divine worship
The meaning of the word pious is marked by or showing reverence for deity and devotion to divine worship.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| parched | deprived of natural moisture |
| alliteration | the repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables (such as wild and woolly, threatening throngs) |
| incoherent | lacking coherence: such as |
| luminary | a person of prominence or brilliant achievement |
| suffocate | to stop the respiration of (as by strangling or asphyxiation) |
| psyche | a princess loved by Cupid |
| bombast | pretentious inflated speech or writing |
| alloy | the degree of mixture with base metals : fineness |
| hindrance | the state of being interfered with, held back, or slowed down : the state of being hindered |
| cohere | to hold together firmly as parts of the same mass |