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 |
|---|---|
| extirpate | to destroy completely : wipe out |
| pretext | a purpose or motive alleged or an appearance assumed in order to cloak the real intention or state of affairs |
| retrieve | to locate and bring in (killed or wounded game) |
| mortician | undertaker |
| quaint | pleasingly or strikingly old-fashioned or unfamiliar |
| discriminate | to mark or perceive the distinguishing or peculiar features of |
| perpetuate | to make perpetual or cause to last indefinitely |
| thesis | a dissertation embodying results of original research and especially substantiating a specific view |
| augury | divination from auspices (see auspice |
| amiss | in a mistaken way : wrongly |