GRE Word List
MENDICANT
beggar
The meaning of the word mendicant is beggar.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| hypercritical | meticulously or excessively critical |
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| subsistence | real being : existence |
| absolve | to set (someone) free from an obligation or the consequences of guilt |
| havoc | wide and general destruction : devastation |
| apostate | one who commits apostasy |
| ambush | to attack by surprise from a hidden place : waylay |
| proscenium | the stage of an ancient Greek or Roman theater |
| altruistic | relating to or given to altruism: |
| rout | a state of wild confusion or disorderly retreat |