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

WordMeaning
strangleto choke to death by compressing the throat with something (such as a hand or rope) : throttle
vultureany of various large birds (families Accipitridae and Cathartidae) that are related to the hawks, eagles, and falcons but have weaker claws and the head usually naked and that subsist chiefly or entirely on carrion
circumventto manage to get around especially by ingenuity or stratagem
hiatusa break in or as if in a material object : gap
hindmostfarthest to the rear : last
incompatiblenot compatible: such as
slewa large number
malignanttending to produce death or deterioration
regimeregimen
hostagea person held by one party in a conflict as a pledge pending the fulfillment of an agreement