GRE Word List
CHAPLAIN
clergyman attached to a chapel
The meaning of the word chaplain is clergyman attached to a chapel.
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| retribution | deserved punishment for wrongdoing; punishment for offenses; compensation; vengeance; CF. pay back |
| depict | portray |
| intervene | come between; interfere; Ex. intervened to prevent a fight; N. intervention |
| predispose | give an inclination toward (in advance); make susceptible to; Ex. predispose people to certain cancer; N. predisposition |
| satellite | small body revolving around a larger one |
| memoir | memoirs; autobiography; biography |
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| prevail | be widespread; triumph over; gain victory; prevail on: persuade; induce; Ex. Justice has prevailed; Ex. prevail on someone to do something |
