GRE Word List
SECT
a dissenting or schismatic religious body
The meaning of the word sect is a dissenting or schismatic religious body.
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| vapid | lacking flavor, zest, interest, animation, or spirit : flat |
| disparage | to depreciate (see depreciate |
| consonant | being in agreement or harmony : free from elements making for discord |
| snub | to check or stop with a cutting retort : rebuke |
| countermand | to revoke (a command) by a contrary order |
| convoke | to call together to a meeting |
| infantile | of or relating to infants or infancy |
| noose | a loop with a slipknot that binds closer the more it is drawn |
| cornucopia | a curved, hollow goat's horn or similarly shaped receptacle (such as a horn-shaped basket) that is overflowing especially with fruit and vegetables (such as gourds, ears of corn, apples, and grapes) and that is used as a decorative motif emblematic of abundance |
| ferocious | exhibiting or given to extreme fierceness and unrestrained violence and brutality |