GRE Word List

DILETTANTE

a person having a superficial interest in an art or a branch of knowledge : dabbler

The meaning of the word dilettante is a person having a superficial interest in an art or a branch of knowledge : dabbler.

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prevalentgenerally or widely accepted, practiced, or favored : widespread
pranceto spring from the hind legs or move by so doing
transcendentexceeding usual limits : surpassing
hiatusa break in or as if in a material object : gap
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insurmountableincapable of being surmounted : insuperable
banallacking originality, freshness, or novelty : trite
subsideto sink or fall to the bottom : settle
gustatoryrelating to or associated with eating or the sense of taste
distinctionthe act of perceiving someone or something as being not the same and often treating as separate or different : the distinguishing of a difference