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 |
|---|---|
| doff | to remove (an article of wear) from the body |
| servitude | a condition in which one lacks liberty especially to determine one's course of action or way of life |
| assail | to attack violently : assault |
| vulture | any of various large birds (families Accipitridae and Cathartidae) that are related to the hawks, eagles, and falcons but have weaker claws and the head usually naked and that subsist chiefly or entirely on carrion |
| prosperity | the condition of being successful or thriving |
| discord | lack of agreement or harmony (as between persons, things, or ideas) |
| earthly | characteristic of or belonging to this earth |
| dissent | to withhold assent or approval |
| beset | to set or stud with or as if with ornaments |
| jocular | said or done as a joke : characterized by jesting : playful |