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.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| anarchist | a person who rebels against any authority, established order, or ruling power |
| provisional | serving for the time being : temporary |
| spectrum | a continuum of color formed when a beam of white light is dispersed (as by passage through a prism) so that its component wavelengths are arranged in order |
| vigor | active bodily or mental strength or force |
| laggard | lagging or tending to lag : slow especially compared to others of the same kind |
| lithe | easily bent or flexed |
| chaff | the seed coverings and other debris separated from the seed in threshing grain |
| incontinent | not continent: such as |
| relish | characteristic flavor |
| persevere | to persist in a state, enterprise, or undertaking in spite of counterinfluences, opposition, or discouragement |