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 |
|---|---|
| devolve | to pass on (something, such as responsibility, rights, or powers) from one person or entity to another |
| hierarchy | a division of angels |
| olfactory | of or relating to the sense of smell |
| spoonerism | a transposition of usually initial sounds of two or more words (as in tons of soil for sons of toil) |
| forbearance | a refraining from the enforcement of something (such as a debt, right, or obligation) that is due |
| coroner | a usually elected public officer who is typically not required to have specific medical qualifications and whose principal duty is to inquire by an inquest into the cause of any death which there is reason to suppose is not due to natural causes compare medical examiner |
| roseate | resembling a rose especially in color |
| supplicate | to make a humble entreaty |
| puerile | juvenile |
| appease | pacify |