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 |
|---|---|
| genesis | the origin or coming into being of something |
| ceremonious | devoted to forms and ceremony |
| posterity | the offspring of one progenitor to the furthest generation |
| raiment | clothing |
| fatalism | a doctrine that events are fixed in advance so that human beings are powerless to change them |
| cleft | a space or opening made by or as if by splitting : fissure |
| vivid | very strong : very high in chroma |
| stoke | to poke or stir up (a fire, flames, etc.) : supply with fuel |
| lament | to mourn aloud : wail |
| arrears | the state of being behind in the discharge of obligations |