GRE Word List

PONTIFICAL

episcopal attire

The meaning of the word pontifical is episcopal attire.

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vigilantea member of a volunteer committee organized to suppress and punish crime summarily (as when the processes of law are viewed as inadequate)
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festerto generate pus
inviolablesecure from violation or profanation
soarto fly aloft or about
looma frame or machine for interlacing (see interlace
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olfactoryof or relating to the sense of smell
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