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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| tacit | expressed or carried on without words or speech |
| niggardly | grudgingly mean about spending or granting : begrudging |
| galleon | a heavy square-rigged sailing ship of the 15th to early 18th centuries used for war or commerce especially by the Spanish |
| benevolent | marked by or disposed to doing good |
| interregnum | the time during which a throne is vacant between two successive reigns or regimes |
| trivia | unimportant matters : trivial facts or details |
| reprobate | an unprincipled or depraved person : scoundrel |
| scuttle | a shallow open basket for carrying something (such as grain or garden produce) |
| judiciary | a system of courts of law |
| quintessence | the fifth and highest element in ancient and medieval philosophy that permeates all nature and is the substance composing the celestial bodies |