GRE Word List
VICAR
parish priest; representative
The meaning of the word vicar is parish priest; representative.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| regimen | prescribed course of diet or exercise; prescribed diet and habits; Ex. daily regimen of a dancer |
| atheistic | denying the existence of God; N. atheism |
| volatile | changeable; of a quickly changing nature (as of temper); mercurial; tending to violence; evaporating rapidly; Ex. volatile character/situation in the street |
| scruple | hesitate for ethical reasons; fret about; Ex. She did not scruple to read his diary; N: uneasy feeling arising from conscience; conscience |
| oscillate | vibrate pendulumlike; waver |
| apolitical | having an aversion or lack of concern for political affairs |
| waif | homeless child or animal; Ex. waifs and strays |
| clamor | loud continous noise; continuous demand or complaint made by a large number of people; V: make a clamor; express (a demand) continually and loudly; ADJ. clamorous |
| beware | be cautious (of) |
| pedestal | support or base as for a pillar or statue |
