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 |
|---|---|
| expatiate | to move about freely or at will : wander |
| sinuous | of a serpentine or wavy form : winding |
| apocalyptic | of, relating to, or resembling an apocalypse |
| dictum | a noteworthy statement: such as |
| colossus | a statue of gigantic size and proportions |
| importunate | troublesomely urgent : overly persistent in request or demand |
| lugubrious | mournful |
| assail | to attack violently : assault |
| mollycoddle | to treat with an excessive or absurd degree of indulgence and attention |
| ellipsis | the omission of one or more words that are obviously understood but that must be supplied to make a construction grammatically complete |