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.

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WordMeaning
clapperone that claps: such as
deleteto eliminate especially by blotting out, cutting out, or erasing
theocracygovernment of a state by immediate divine guidance or by officials who are regarded as divinely guided
reprisea musical repetition:
gapeto open the mouth wide
suppositionsomething that is supposed : hypothesis
ablutionthe washing of one's body or part of it (as in a religious rite)
herda typically large group of animals of one kind kept together under human control
pristinebelonging to the earliest period or state : original
fermentto undergo fermentation