GRE Word List
PONTIFICAL
episcopal attire
The meaning of the word pontifical is episcopal attire.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| debar | to bar from having or doing something : preclude |
| writ | something written : writing |
| accommodate | to provide with something desired, needed, or suited |
| detain | to hold or keep in or as if in custody |
| nurture | training |
| moribund | being in the state of dying : approaching death |
| conifer | any of an order (Coniferales) of mostly evergreen trees and shrubs having usually needle-shaped or scalelike leaves and including forms (such as pines) with true cones and others (such as yews) with an arillate fruit |
| suffocate | to stop the respiration of (as by strangling or asphyxiation) |
| embezzlement | to appropriate (something, such as property entrusted to one's care) fraudulently to one's own use |
| array | to dress or decorate especially in splendid or impressive attire : adorn |