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 |
|---|---|
| glitter | to shine by reflection with many small flashes of brilliant light : sparkle |
| usurp | to seize and hold (office, place, functions, powers, etc.) in possession by force or without right |
| adjuration | a solemn oath |
| intolerant | unable or unwilling to endure |
| innate | existing in, belonging to, or determined by factors present in an individual from birth : native |
| prognosis | the prospect of recovery as anticipated from the usual course of disease or peculiarities of the case |
| ruse | a wily subterfuge |
| notch | a V-shaped indentation |
| ineluctable | not to be avoided, changed, or resisted : inevitable |
| sedition | incitement of resistance to or insurrection against lawful authority |