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.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| comeuppance | a deserved rebuke or penalty : deserts |
| pulchritude | physical comeliness |
| invulnerable | incapable of being wounded, injured, or harmed |
| brindled | having obscure dark streaks or flecks on a usually gray or tawny ground |
| agitate | to excite and often trouble the mind or feelings of : disturb |
| occident | west |
| eventual | contingent |
| precis | a concise summary of essential points, statements, or facts |
| forbearance | a refraining from the enforcement of something (such as a debt, right, or obligation) that is due |
| litotes | understatement in which an affirmative is expressed by the negative of the contrary (as in "not a bad singer" or "not unhappy") |