GRE Word List
PRELATE
an ecclesiastic (such as a bishop or abbot) of superior rank
The meaning of the word prelate is an ecclesiastic (such as a bishop or abbot) of superior rank.
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| Word | Meaning |
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| precocious | exceptionally early in development or occurrence |
| lilliputian | of, relating to, or characteristic of the Lilliputians or the island of Lilliput |
| gratuitous | not called for by the circumstances : not necessary, appropriate, or justified : unwarranted |
| inclement | lacking mildness: such as |
| inscrutable | not readily investigated, interpreted, or understood : mysterious |
| uncanny | seeming to have a supernatural character or origin : eerie |
| decomposition | to separate into constituent parts or elements or into simpler compounds |
| hieroglyphic | written in, constituting, or belonging to a system of writing mainly in pictorial characters |
| soliloquy | the act of talking to oneself |
| itinerant | traveling from place to place |