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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| poseur | a person who pretends to be what he or she is not : an affected or insincere person |
| emollient | making soft or supple |
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| slight | having a slim or delicate build : not stout or massive in body |
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