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 |
|---|---|
| sanguinary | bloodthirsty |
| quash | to suppress or extinguish summarily and completely |
| etymology | the history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language |
| decorous | marked by propriety and good taste : correct |
| arcade | a long arched building or gallery |
| embargo | an order of a government prohibiting the departure of commercial ships from its ports |
| pestilential | causing or tending to cause pestilence : deadly |
| myriad | ten thousand |
| studious | assiduous in the pursuit of learning |
| pall | to lose strength or effectiveness |