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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| stipple | to engrave by means of dots and flicks |
| disavowal | to deny responsibility for : repudiate |
| sunder | to break apart or in two : separate by or as if by violence or by intervening time or space |
| gaudy | ostentatiously or tastelessly ornamented |
| clandestine | marked by, held in, or conducted with secrecy : surreptitious |
| nautical | of, relating to, or associated with seamen, navigation, or ships |
| exorcise | to expel (an evil spirit) by adjuration |
| burnish | to make shiny or lustrous especially by rubbing |