GRE Word List
PONTIFICAL
episcopal attire
The meaning of the word pontifical is episcopal attire.
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| vivid | very strong : very high in chroma |
| occult | to shut off from view or exposure : cover |
| pharisee | a member of a Jewish sect of the intertestamental period noted for strict observance of rites and ceremonies of the written law and for insistence on the validity of their own oral traditions concerning the law |
| inquisitive | given to examination or investigation |
| veneer | a thin sheet of a material: such as |
| perpetual | continuing forever : everlasting |
| nondescript | belonging or appearing to belong to no particular class or kind : not easily described |
| blanch | to take the color out of |
| macabre | having death as a subject : comprising or including a personalized representation of death |
| pertinacious | adhering resolutely to an opinion, purpose, or design |