GRE Word List
APOSTATE
one who commits apostasy
The meaning of the word apostate is one who commits apostasy.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| dissident | disagreeing especially with an established religious or political system, organization, or belief |
| pious | marked by or showing reverence for deity and devotion to divine worship |
| nepotism | favoritism (as in appointment to a job) based on kinship |
| wrest | to pull, force, or move by violent wringing or twisting movements |
| sloth | disinclination to action or labor : indolence |
| paucity | smallness of number : fewness |
| untoward | difficult to guide, manage, or work with : unruly |
| dolt | a stupid person |
| rebate | to reduce the force or activity of : diminish |
| digression | the act or an instance of leaving the main subject in an extended written or verbal expression of thought : the act or an instance of digressing in a discourse or other usually organized literary work |