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 |
|---|---|
| corporeal | having, consisting of, or relating to a physical material body: such as |
| simplistic | excessively simple or simplified : treating a problem or subject with false simplicity by omitting or ignoring complicating factors or details |
| vibrant | pulsating with life, vigor, or activity |
| woe | a condition of deep suffering from misfortune, affliction, or grief |
| supposition | something that is supposed : hypothesis |
| retaliate | to return like for like |
| resumption | an act or instance of resuming : recommencement |
| scorch | to burn a surface of so as to change its color and texture |
| chide | to speak out in angry or displeased rebuke |
| idiom | an expression in the usage of a language that is peculiar to itself either in having a meaning that cannot be derived from the conjoined meanings of its elements (such as up in the air for "undecided") or in its grammatically atypical use of words (such as give way) |