GRE Word List

PONTIFICAL

episcopal attire

The meaning of the word pontifical is episcopal attire.

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approbationcommendation
itineranttraveling from place to place
predecessorone that precedes
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calamitya disastrous event marked by great loss and lasting distress and suffering
amorphoushaving no definite form : shapeless
subterfugedeception by artifice or stratagem in order to conceal, escape, or evade
residuesomething that remains after a part is taken, separated, or designated or after the completion of a process : remnant
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