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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| mausoleum | a large tomb |
| whim | a capricious or eccentric and often sudden idea or turn of the mind : fancy |
| compunction | anxiety arising from awareness of guilt |
| artifacts | a usually simple object (such as a tool or ornament) showing human workmanship or modification as distinguished from a natural object |
| aphorism | a concise statement of a principle |
| rehabilitate | to restore to a former capacity : reinstate |
| askew | out of line : at an angle |
| genteel | having an aristocratic quality or flavor : stylish |
| analgesic | an agent producing diminished sensation to pain without loss of consciousness : a drug that is used to relieve pain and produce analgesia |
| orgy | secret ceremonial rites held in honor of an ancient Greek or Roman deity and usually characterized by ecstatic singing and dancing |