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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| fortitude | strength of mind that enables a person to encounter danger or bear pain or adversity with courage |
| mausoleum | a large tomb |
| hostility | deep-seated usually mutual ill will |
| parallel | extending in the same direction, everywhere equidistant (see equidistant |
| voluble | easily rolling or turning : rotating |
| pretension | an allegation of doubtful value : pretext |
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| purveyor | one that purveys |
| outstrip | to go faster or farther than |
| rally | to muster for a common purpose |