GRE Word List
CHAPLAIN
a clergyman in charge of a chapel
The meaning of the word chaplain is a clergyman in charge of a chapel.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| tacit | expressed or carried on without words or speech |
| apothegm | a short, pithy, and instructive saying or formulation : aphorism |
| prodigal | characterized by profuse or wasteful expenditure : lavish |
| dissertation | an extended usually written treatment of a subject |
| piquant | engagingly provocative |
| impromptu | made, done, or formed on or as if on the spur of the moment : improvised |
| perpetuate | to make perpetual or cause to last indefinitely |
| tarantula | any of various large, typically ground-dwelling, hairy, mygalomorph spiders (family Theraphosidae) of warm regions that possess venomous fangs used to subdue and kill prey (such as insects, centipedes, frogs, and mice) caught by ambush or chase and that construct silk-lined burrows but do not build webs to trap food |
| harass | exhaust |
| impenetrable | incapable of being penetrated or pierced |