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 |
|---|---|
| obviate | to anticipate and prevent (something, such as a situation) or make (an action) unnecessary |
| anticlimax | the usually sudden transition in discourse from a significant idea to a trivial or ludicrous idea |
| fastidious | showing or demanding excessive delicacy or care |
| granary | a storehouse for threshed grain |
| doctrinaire | stubbornly or excessively devoted to a doctrine or theory without regard to practical considerations |
| impede | to interfere with or slow the progress of |
| random | a haphazard course |
| retribution | recompense |
| capillary | resembling a hair especially in slender elongated form |
| trample | tramp |