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 |
|---|---|
| prize | something offered or striven for in competition or in contests of chance |
| stilted | pompous |
| accommodate | to provide with something desired, needed, or suited |
| turmoil | a state or condition of extreme confusion, agitation, or commotion |
| animadversion | a critical and usually censorious remark |
| harping | a plucked stringed instrument consisting of a resonator, an arched or angled neck that may be supported by a post, and strings of graded length that are perpendicular to the soundboard |
| unseemly | not seemly: such as |
| contravene | to go or act contrary to : violate |
| cavalcade | a procession (see procession |
| harry | to make a pillaging or destructive raid on : assault |