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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defrayto provide for the payment of : pay
retractto draw back or in
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exhortto incite by argument or advice : urge strongly
vergebrink
commemorativeintended as a commemoration
libertinea freethinker especially in religious matters
gentilitythe condition of belonging to the gentry
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