GRE Word List
TEMPORAL
of or relating to time as opposed to eternity
The meaning of the word temporal is of or relating to time as opposed to eternity.
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| glower | to look or stare with sullen annoyance or anger |
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| proviso | an article or clause (as in a contract) that introduces a condition |
| odds | the probability that one thing is so or will happen rather than another : chances |
| effectuate | to cause or bring about (something) : to put (something) into effect or operation : effect |
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| pharisee | a member of a Jewish sect of the intertestamental period noted for strict observance of rites and ceremonies of the written law and for insistence on the validity of their own oral traditions concerning the law |
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| harangue | a speech addressed to a public assembly |
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