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 |
|---|---|
| apprise | to give notice to : tell |
| hysteria | a psychoneurosis marked by emotional excitability and disturbances of the psychogenic, sensory, vasomotor, and visceral (see visceral |
| demise | death |
| partisan | a firm adherent to a party, faction, cause, or person |
| craven | lacking the least bit of courage : contemptibly fainthearted |
| manipulate | to treat or operate with or as if with the hands or by mechanical means especially in a skillful manner |
| hyperbole | extravagant exaggeration (such as "mile-high ice-cream cones") |
| gerontology | the comprehensive multidisciplinary study of aging and older adults compare geriatrics |
| coin | corner |
| condone | to regard or treat (something bad or blameworthy) as acceptable, forgivable, or harmless |