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 |
|---|---|
| hide | to put out of sight : secrete |
| laborious | involving, requiring, or characterized by hard and sustained effort : arduous |
| blithe | lacking due thought or consideration : casual |
| temporal | of or relating to time as opposed to eternity |
| wont | accustomed |
| retrospective | of, relating to, or given to retrospection |
| oath | a solemn usually formal calling upon God or a god to witness to the truth of what one says or to witness that one sincerely intends to do what one says |
| mountebank | a person who sells quack medicines from a platform |
| effrontery | shameless boldness : insolence |
| attrition | sorrow for one's sins that arises from a motive other than that of the love of God |