GRE Word List
LAYMAN
a person who is not a member of the clergy
The meaning of the word layman is a person who is not a member of the clergy.
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| sadistic | of, relating to, or characterized by sadism |
| impediment | something that impedes |
| peer | one that is of equal standing with another : equal |
| mulct | fine |
| scapegoat | a goat upon whose head are symbolically placed the sins of the people after which he is sent into the wilderness in the biblical ceremony for Yom Kippur |
| irksome | tending to irk : tedious |
| memorialize | to address or petition by a memorial |
| beatific | of, possessing, or imparting beatitude |
| destitute | lacking something needed or desirable |
| compendium | a brief summary of a larger work or of a field of knowledge : abstract |