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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| intrude | to thrust oneself in without invitation, permission, or welcome |
| deplete | to empty of a principal substance |
| atrocity | a shockingly bad or atrocious act, object, or situation |
| extraneous | existing on or coming from the outside |
| fuss: | trouble or worry over trifles; make nervous; pay too much attention to; N: needless concern or worry (about a trivial thing); anxious nervous condition; display of attention; Ex. make a fuss over the baby |
| preclude | to make impossible by necessary consequence : rule out in advance |
| abrogate | to abolish by authoritative action : annul |
| reprehensible | worthy of or deserving reprehension : culpable |
| amplify | to expand (something, such as a statement) by the use of detail or illustration or by closer analysis |
| advent | the period beginning four Sundays before Christmas and observed by some Christians as a season of prayer and fasting |