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 |
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| paucity | smallness of number : fewness |
| sublime | to cause to pass directly from the solid to the vapor state and condense back to solid form |
| provender | dry food for domestic animals : feed |
| repose | a state of resting after exertion or strain |
| gentle | free from harshness, sternness, or violence |
| bicameral | having, consisting of, or based on two legislative chambers (see chamber |
| decoy | a pond into which wildfowl are lured for capture |
| distill | to let fall, exude, or precipitate (see precipitate |
| abridge | to shorten by omission of words without sacrifice of sense : condense |
| relic | an object esteemed and venerated because of association with a saint or martyr |