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 |
|---|---|
| temporize | to act to suit the time or occasion : yield to current or dominant opinion |
| exacting | tryingly or unremittingly severe in making demands |
| recalcitrant | obstinately defiant of authority or restraint |
| bait | to persecute or exasperate with unjust, malicious, or persistent attacks |
| innovation | a new idea, method, or device : novelty |
| gratuitous | not called for by the circumstances : not necessary, appropriate, or justified : unwarranted |
| buffoon | a ludicrous figure : clown |
| dowry | the money, goods, or estate that a woman brings to her husband in marriage |
| crabbed | marked by a forbidding moroseness |
| vagrant | one who has no established residence and wanders idly from place to place without lawful or visible means of support |