GRE Word List
UNCTION
the act of anointing as a rite of consecration or healing
The meaning of the word unction is the act of anointing as a rite of consecration or healing.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| veracity | conformity with truth or fact : accuracy |
| unguent | a soothing or healing salve : ointment |
| ambivalence | simultaneous and contradictory attitudes or feelings (such as attraction and repulsion) toward an object, person, or action |
| limbo | an abode of souls that are according to Roman Catholic theology barred from heaven because of not having received Christian baptism |
| anthem | a song or hymn of praise or gladness |
| desecrate | to violate the sanctity of : profane |
| galvanize | to subject to the action of an electric current especially for the purpose of stimulating physiologically |
| ineluctable | not to be avoided, changed, or resisted : inevitable |
| tightwad | a close or miserly person |
| confine | something (such as borders or walls) that encloses |