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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| Word | Meaning |
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| vigor | active bodily or mental strength or force |
| hallucination | a sensory perception (such as a visual image or a sound) that occurs in the absence of an actual external stimulus and usually arises from neurological disturbance (such as that associated with delirium tremens, schizophrenia, Parkinson's disease, or narcolepsy) or in response to drugs (such as LSD or phencyclidine) |
| usurp | to seize and hold (office, place, functions, powers, etc.) in possession by force or without right |
| refractory | resisting control or authority : stubborn |
| succulent | full of juice : juicy |
| buttress | a projecting structure of masonry or wood for supporting or giving stability to a wall or building |
| hindsight | perception of the nature of an event after it has happened |
| understate | to represent as less than is the case |
| barefaced | having the face uncovered: |
| refraction | deflection from a straight path undergone by a light ray or energy wave in passing obliquely from one medium (such as air) into another (such as glass) in which its velocity is different |