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 |
|---|---|
| swell | to expand (as in size, volume, or numbers) gradually beyond a normal or original limit |
| subsistence | real being : existence |
| profane | to treat (something sacred) with abuse, irreverence, or contempt : desecrate |
| disengage | to release from something that engages or involves |
| bizarre | strikingly out of the ordinary: such as |
| obtrude | to thrust out : extrude |
| scapegoat | a goat upon whose head are symbolically placed the sins of the people after which he is sent into the wilderness in the biblical ceremony for Yom Kippur |
| referendum | the principle or practice of submitting to popular vote a measure passed on or proposed by a legislative body or by popular initiative |
| agrarian | of or relating to fields or lands or their tenure |
| pose | to set forth or offer for attention or consideration |