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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mutterto utter sounds or words indistinctly or with a low voice and with the lips partly closed
inhibitto prohibit from doing something
defeatistan attitude of accepting, expecting, or being resigned to defeat
lilliputianof, relating to, or characteristic of the Lilliputians or the island of Lilliput
reciteto repeat from memory or read aloud publicly
divergeto move or extend in different directions from a common point : draw apart
similea figure of speech comparing two unlike things that is often introduced by like or as (as in cheeks like roses) compare metaphor
allegiancethe obligation of a feudal vassal to his liege lord
aegisa shield or breastplate emblematic of majesty that was associated with Zeus and Athena
overwroughtextremely excited : agitated