GRE Word List
PONTIFICAL
episcopal attire
The meaning of the word pontifical is episcopal attire.
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| Word | Meaning |
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| fermentation | the enzyme-catalyzed anaerobic breakdown of an energy-rich compound (such as a carbohydrate to carbon dioxide and alcohol or to an organic acid) by the action of microorganisms (such as bacteria or yeast) that occurs naturally and is commonly used in the production of various products (such as food, alcoholic beverages, and pharmaceuticals) especially by controlling microbial enzymatic activity |
| brevity | shortness of duration |
| bristling | a short stiff coarse hair or filament |
| authoritative | having, marked by, or proceeding from authority |
| epitaph | an inscription on or at a tomb or a grave in memory of the one buried there |
| intractable | not easily governed, managed, or directed |
| graze | to feed on growing herbage, attached algae, or phytoplankton |
| retrograde | having or being motion in a direction contrary to that of the general motion of similar bodies and especially east to west among the stars |
| intelligentsia | intellectuals who form an artistic, social, or political vanguard or elite |
| primordial | first created or developed : primeval |