GRE Word List

RELIGIOUS

relating to or manifesting faithful devotion to an acknowledged ultimate reality or deity

The meaning of the word religious is relating to or manifesting faithful devotion to an acknowledged ultimate reality or deity.

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WordMeaning
inadvertentlyunintentional
graphicof or relating to the pictorial arts
alienateto cause to be estranged : to make unfriendly, hostile, or indifferent especially where attachment formerly existed
transposeto change the relative place or normal order of : alter the sequence of
suavitysmoothly though often superficially gracious and sophisticated
refectorya dining hall (as in a monastery or college)
libidoinstinctual psychic energy that in psychoanalytic theory is derived from primitive biological urges (as for sexual pleasure or self-preservation) and that is expressed in conscious activity
ethnicof or relating to large groups of people classed according to common racial, national, tribal, religious, linguistic, or cultural origin or background
simplisticexcessively simple or simplified : treating a problem or subject with false simplicity by omitting or ignoring complicating factors or details
deferencerespect and esteem due a superior or an elder