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.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| reticent | inclined to be silent or uncommunicative in speech : reserved |
| grumble | to mutter in discontent |
| frantic | emotionally out of control |
| assent | to agree to or approve of something (such as an idea or suggestion) especially after thoughtful consideration : concur |
| scavenge | to remove (dirt, refuse, etc.) from an area |
| symbiosis | the living together in more or less intimate association or close union of two dissimilar organisms (as in parasitism or commensalism) |
| incendiary | igniting combustible materials spontaneously |
| decadence | the process of becoming decadent : the quality or state of being decadent |
| plait | pleat |
| saturnine | born under or influenced astrologically by the planet Saturn |