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 |
|---|---|
| lionize | to treat as an object of great interest or importance |
| lurk | to lie in wait in a place of concealment especially for an evil purpose |
| incarcerate | to put in prison |
| crabbed | marked by a forbidding moroseness |
| genealogy | an account of the descent of a person, family, or group from an ancestor or from older forms |
| coddle | to cook (something, such as eggs) in liquid slowly and gently just below the boiling point |
| genuflect | to bend the knee |
| stem | the main trunk of a plant |
| concave | hollowed or rounded inward like the inside of a bowl |
| tutelage | instruction especially of an individual |