GRE Word List
PONTIFICAL
episcopal attire
The meaning of the word pontifical is episcopal attire.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| pigment | a substance that imparts black or white or a color to other materials |
| bristle | a short stiff coarse hair or filament |
| synchronous | happening, existing, or arising at precisely the same time |
| husbandry | the cultivation or production of plants or animals : agriculture |
| latent | present and capable of emerging or developing but not now visible, obvious, active, or symptomatic |
| paramount | superior to all others : supreme |
| vulture | any of various large birds (families Accipitridae and Cathartidae) that are related to the hawks, eagles, and falcons but have weaker claws and the head usually naked and that subsist chiefly or entirely on carrion |
| immure | to enclose within or as if within walls |
| outfit | the act of fitting out or equipping (as for a voyage or expedition) |
| penance | an act of self-abasement, mortification (see mortification |