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 |
|---|---|
| nimble | quick and light in motion : agile |
| pharisee | a member of a Jewish sect of the intertestamental period noted for strict observance of rites and ceremonies of the written law and for insistence on the validity of their own oral traditions concerning the law |
| layman | a person who is not a member of the clergy |
| punitive | inflicting, involving, or aiming at punishment |
| desultory | marked by lack of definite plan, regularity, or purpose |
| compromise | settlement of differences by arbitration or by consent reached by mutual concessions |
| sanguine | marked by eager hopefulness : confidently optimistic |
| profound | having intellectual depth and insight |
| ravine | a small narrow steep-sided valley that is larger than a gully and smaller than a canyon and that is usually worn by running water |
| nurture | training |