GRE Word List
PONTIFICAL
episcopal attire
The meaning of the word pontifical is episcopal attire.
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| puerile | juvenile |
| rhetoric | the art of speaking or writing effectively: such as |
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| fetish | an object (such as a small stone carving of an animal) believed to have magical power to protect or aid its owner |
| stigma | a mark of shame or discredit : stain |
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| abase | to lower in rank, office, prestige, or esteem |
| impiety | the quality or state of being impious : irreverence |
| refute | to prove wrong by argument or evidence : show to be false or erroneous |
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