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 |
|---|---|
| demagogue | a leader who makes use of popular prejudices and false claims and promises in order to gain power |
| languish | to be or become feeble, weak, or enervated |
| bar | a straight piece (as of wood or metal) that is longer than it is wide and has any of various uses (as for a lever, support, barrier, or fastening) |
| insurrection | an act or instance of revolting against civil authority or an established government |
| marsupial | any of an order (Marsupialia) of mammals comprising kangaroos, wombats, bandicoots, opossums, and related animals that do not develop a true placenta and that usually have a pouch on the abdomen of the female which covers the teats and serves to carry the young |
| provocative | serving or tending to provoke, excite, or stimulate |
| disperse | to cause to break up (see break up |
| allude | to make indirect reference |
| undermine | to subvert or weaken insidiously or secretly |
| demotic | of, relating to, or written in a simplified form of the ancient Egyptian hieratic writing |