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 |
|---|---|
| laborious | involving, requiring, or characterized by hard and sustained effort : arduous |
| denizen | inhabitant |
| deciduous | falling off or shed seasonally or at a certain stage of development in the life cycle |
| sordid | marked by baseness or grossness : vile |
| grouse | any of various chiefly ground-dwelling birds (family Tetraonidae) that are usually of reddish-brown or other protective color and have feathered legs and that include many important game birds |
| infiltrate | to enter or become established in gradually or unobtrusively usually for subversive purposes |
| pillory | a device formerly used for publicly punishing offenders consisting of a wooden frame with holes in which the head and hands can be locked |
| pucker | to become wrinkled or constricted |
| crave | to ask for earnestly : beg |
| flowery | of, relating to, or resembling flowers |