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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| argot | the language used by a particular type or group of people : an often more or less secret vocabulary and idiom peculiar to a particular group |
| paradox | one (such as a person, situation, or action) having seemingly contradictory qualities or phases |
| unctuous | having, revealing, or marked by a smug, ingratiating, and false earnestness or spirituality |
| resort | one that affords aid or refuge : resource |
| tightwad | a close or miserly person |
| proscribe | to publish the name of as condemned to death with the property of the condemned forfeited to the state |
| paltry | inferior |