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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| compulsory | mandatory |
| adhere | to hold fast or stick by or as if by gluing, suction, grasping, or fusing |
| wag | to be in motion : stir |
| bullion | gold or silver considered as so much metal |
| foil | to prevent from attaining an end : defeat |
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