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 |
|---|---|
| proverb | a brief popular epigram or maxim : adage |
| plume | a feather of a bird: such as |
| fatuous | complacently or inanely foolish : silly |
| exacting | tryingly or unremittingly severe in making demands |
| bovine | of, relating to, or resembling bovines and especially the ox or cow |
| encroachment | to enter by gradual steps or by stealth into the possessions or rights of another |
| rig | to fit out with rigging |
| lurk | to lie in wait in a place of concealment especially for an evil purpose |
| metaphor | a figure of speech in which a word or phrase literally denoting one kind of object or idea is used in place of another to suggest a likeness or analogy between them (as in drowning in money) |
| adept | thoroughly proficient : expert |