GRE Word List
APOSTATE
one who commits apostasy
The meaning of the word apostate is one who commits apostasy.
Random words
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| descry | to catch sight of |
| riveting | having the power to fix the attention : engrossing |
| discernible | able to be perceived by a sense (such as sight or smell) or by the mind : capable of being discerned |
| vindicate | to free from allegation or blame |
| bank | a mound, pile, or ridge raised above the surrounding level: such as |
| vulture | any of various large birds (families Accipitridae and Cathartidae) that are related to the hawks, eagles, and falcons but have weaker claws and the head usually naked and that subsist chiefly or entirely on carrion |
| rococo | rococo work or style |
| rickety | affected with rickets |
| plausible | superficially fair, reasonable, or valuable but often specious |
| staccato | cut short or apart in performing : disconnected |