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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| inert | lacking the power to move |
| skittish | lively or frisky in action : capricious |
| misapprehension | to apprehend wrongly : misunderstand |
| incorrigible | incapable of being corrected or amended: such as |
| breadth | distance from side to side : width |
| hoary | gray or white with or as if with age |
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| compulsive | having power to compel |
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