GRE Word List
SECULAR
of or relating to the worldly or temporal
The meaning of the word secular is of or relating to the worldly or temporal.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| blowhard | an arrogantly and pompously boastful or opinionated person : braggart |
| takeoff | a rise or leap from a surface in making a jump or flight or an ascent in an aircraft or in the launching of a rocket |
| passe | past one's prime |
| sedulous | involving or accomplished with careful perseverance |
| filibuster | an irregular military adventurer |
| sundry | including many things of different kinds : miscellaneous |
| paraphernalia | the separate real or personal property of a married woman that she can dispose of by will and sometimes according to common law during her life |
| jubilation | an act of rejoicing : the state of being jubilant |
| shear | to cut off the hair from |
| embody | to give a body to (a spirit) : incarnate |