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 |
|---|---|
| levy | the imposition or collection of an assessment |
| sundry | including many things of different kinds : miscellaneous |
| prune | a plum dried or capable of drying without fermentation |
| unearth | to dig up out of or as if out of the earth : exhume |
| cantankerous | difficult or irritating to deal with |
| credo | a guiding belief or principle : creed |
| awl | a pointed tool for marking surfaces or piercing small holes (as in leather or wood) |
| intrude | to thrust oneself in without invitation, permission, or welcome |
| morgue | a place where the bodies of dead persons are kept temporarily pending identification or release for burial or autopsy |
| levee | a reception held by a person of distinction on rising from bed |