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 |
|---|---|
| impassive | giving no sign of feeling or emotion : expressionless |
| satire | a literary work holding up human vices and follies to ridicule or scorn |
| impermeable | not permitting passage (as of a fluid) through its substance |
| felicitous | very well suited or expressed : apt |
| genteel | having an aristocratic quality or flavor : stylish |
| valor | strength of mind or spirit that enables a person to encounter danger with firmness : personal bravery |
| dolt | a stupid person |
| distract | to draw or direct (something, such as someone's attention) to a different object or in different directions at the same time |
| motif | a usually recurring salient thematic element (as in the arts) |
| nip | to catch hold of and squeeze tightly between two surfaces, edges, or points : pinch |