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 |
|---|---|
| optional | involving an option : not compulsory |
| delusion | something that is falsely or delusively believed or propagated |
| pejorative | a word or phrase that has negative connotations (see connotation |
| satiate | filled to satiety |
| omnivorous | feeding on both animal and vegetable substances |
| expedient | suitable for achieving a particular end in a given circumstance |
| poultice | a soft usually heated and sometimes medicated mass spread on cloth and applied to sores or other lesions |
| brittle | easily broken, cracked, or snapped |
| brevity | shortness of duration |
| apothecary | one who prepares and sells drugs or compounds for medicinal purposes |