GRE Word List

MENDICANT

beggar

The meaning of the word mendicant is beggar.

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WordMeaning
miasmaa vaporous exhalation formerly believed to cause disease
nonchalancethe quality or state of being nonchalant
officiousvolunteering one's services where they are neither asked nor needed : meddlesome
fecundityfruitful in offspring or vegetation : prolific
resumptionan act or instance of resuming : recommencement
niggardlygrudgingly mean about spending or granting : begrudging
heresyadherence to a religious opinion contrary to church dogma (see dogma
concessionthe act or an instance of conceding (as by granting something as a right, accepting something as true, or acknowledging defeat)
inadvertentlyunintentional
extrinsicnot forming part of or belonging to a thing : extraneous