GRE Word List
LAYMAN
a person who is not a member of the clergy
The meaning of the word layman is a person who is not a member of the clergy.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| motif | a usually recurring salient thematic element (as in the arts) |
| gibe | to utter taunting words |
| grimace | a facial expression usually of disgust, disapproval, or pain |
| prescience | foreknowledge of events: |
| browbeat | to intimidate or disconcert by a stern manner or arrogant speech : bully |
| inroad | an advance or penetration often at the expense of someone or something |
| vituperative | uttering or given to censure : containing or characterized by verbal abuse |
| earn | to receive as return for effort and especially for work done or services rendered |
| syllogism | a deductive scheme of a formal argument consisting of a major and a minor premise and a conclusion (as in "every virtue is laudable; kindness is a virtue; therefore kindness is laudable") |
| addle | rotten |