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 |
|---|---|
| doctrinaire | stubbornly or excessively devoted to a doctrine or theory without regard to practical considerations |
| dismiss | to permit or cause to leave |
| disjointed | being thrown out of orderly function |
| analogy | a comparison of two otherwise unlike things based on resemblance of a particular aspect |
| paraphernalia | the separate real or personal property of a married woman that she can dispose of by will and sometimes according to common law during her life |
| chortle | to sing or chant exultantly |
| dishonor | lack or loss of honor or reputation |
| lionize | to treat as an object of great interest or importance |
| invidious | of an unpleasant or objectionable nature : obnoxious |
| spoonerism | a transposition of usually initial sounds of two or more words (as in tons of soil for sons of toil) |