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 |
|---|---|
| proviso | an article or clause (as in a contract) that introduces a condition |
| snub | to check or stop with a cutting retort : rebuke |
| deplore | to feel or express grief for |
| generic | relating to or characteristic of a whole group or class : general |
| supersede | to cause to be set aside |
| martyr | a person who voluntarily suffers death as the penalty of witnessing to and refusing to renounce a religion |
| gist | essence; main point; substance |
| abstain | to choose not to do or have something : to refrain deliberately and often with an effort of self-denial from an action or practice |
| tinge | a slight staining or suffusing shade or color |
| prognosis | the prospect of recovery as anticipated from the usual course of disease or peculiarities of the case |