GRE Word List
PONTIFICAL
episcopal attire
The meaning of the word pontifical is episcopal attire.
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|---|---|
| juxtapose | to place (different things) side by side (as to compare them or contrast them or to create an interesting effect) |
| renege | to go back on a promise or commitment |
| integrity | firm adherence to a code of especially moral or artistic values : incorruptibility |
| mulct | fine |
| egoism | a doctrine that individual self-interest is the actual motive of all conscious action |
| miserly | of, relating to, or characteristic of a miser |
| tryst | an agreement (as between lovers) to meet |
| paradigm | example |
| eventual | contingent |
| elusive | tending to elude: such as |