GRE Word List
CAREER
a profession for which one trains and which is undertaken as a permanent calling
The meaning of the word career is a profession for which one trains and which is undertaken as a permanent calling.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| adjoin | to add or attach by joining |
| sojourn | a temporary stay |
| defection | conscious abandonment of allegiance or duty (as to a person, cause, or doctrine) : desertion |
| tortuous | marked by repeated twists, bends, or turns : winding |
| merger | the absorption of an estate, a contract, or an interest in another, of a minor offense in a greater, or of a cause of action into a judgment |
| malingerer | to pretend or exaggerate incapacity or illness (as to avoid duty or work) |
| veto | an authoritative prohibition : interdiction |
| maculated | marked with spots : blotched |
| heterodox | contrary to or different from an acknowledged standard, a traditional form, or an established religion : unorthodox |
| serendipity | the faculty or phenomenon of finding valuable or agreeable things not sought for |