GRE Word List

APOSTATE

one who commits apostasy

The meaning of the word apostate is one who commits apostasy.

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equivocalsubject to two or more interpretations and usually used to mislead or confuse
dispelto drive away or cause to vanish by or as if by scattering : dissipate
galvanicof, relating to, or producing a direct current of electricity
modean arrangement of the eight diatonic notes or tones of an octave according to one of several fixed schemes of their intervals (see interval
eddya current of water or air running contrary to the main current
catalysta substance that enables a chemical reaction to proceed at a usually faster rate or under different conditions (as at a lower temperature) than otherwise possible
peerone that is of equal standing with another : equal
abjureto renounce upon oath
snivelto run at the nose
afflictiona cause of persistent pain or distress