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 |
|---|---|
| pyromaniac | a person who has an uncontrollable impulse to start fires : a person affected by pyromania |
| tout | to make much of : promote |
| brindled | having obscure dark streaks or flecks on a usually gray or tawny ground |
| preempt | to acquire (something, such as land) by preemption |
| barrage | a dam placed in a watercourse to increase the depth of water or to divert it into a channel for navigation or irrigation |
| pensive | musingly or dreamily thoughtful |
| chronicle | a historical account of events arranged in order of time usually without analysis or interpretation |
| descry | to catch sight of |
| apothecary | one who prepares and sells drugs or compounds for medicinal purposes |
| tension | inner striving, unrest, or imbalance often with physiological indication of emotion |