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 |
|---|---|
| presentiment | a feeling that something will or is about to happen : premonition |
| circumlocution | the use of an unnecessarily large number of words to express an idea |
| proviso | an article or clause (as in a contract) that introduces a condition |
| rivet | a headed pin or bolt of metal used for uniting two or more pieces by passing the shank through a hole in each piece and then beating or pressing down the plain end so as to make a second head |
| loathe | to dislike greatly and often with disgust or intolerance : detest |
| garbled | made unclear or confusing : distorted or mixed up |
| sycophant | a servile self-seeking flatterer |
| centrifugal | proceeding or acting in a direction away from a center or axis |
| baleful | deadly or pernicious in influence |
| compelling | that compels: such as |