GRE Word List
SECTARIAN
of, relating to, or characteristic of a sect or sectarian
The meaning of the word sectarian is of, relating to, or characteristic of a sect or sectarian.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| chastise | to censure severely : castigate |
| opulence | wealth |
| bluster | to talk or act with noisy swaggering threats |
| procrastinate | to put off intentionally and habitually |
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |
| advent | the period beginning four Sundays before Christmas and observed by some Christians as a season of prayer and fasting |
| voluptuous | suggesting sensual pleasure by fullness and beauty of form |
| denigrate | to attack the reputation of : defame |
| parchment | the skin of a sheep or goat prepared for writing on |
| determinate | having defined limits |