GRE Word List
WORLDLY
of, relating to, or devoted to this world and its pursuits rather than to religion or spiritual affairs
The meaning of the word worldly is of, relating to, or devoted to this world and its pursuits rather than to religion or spiritual affairs.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| impious | not pious : lacking in reverence or proper respect (as for God or one's parents) : irreverent |
| voluptuous | suggesting sensual pleasure by fullness and beauty of form |
| piety | the quality or state of being pious: such as |
| calculated | apt |
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| concession | the act or an instance of conceding (as by granting something as a right, accepting something as true, or acknowledging defeat) |
| surmise | a thought or idea based on scanty evidence : conjecture |
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