GRE Word List
MENTOR
a friend of Odysseus entrusted with the education of Odysseus' son Telemachus
The meaning of the word mentor is a friend of Odysseus entrusted with the education of Odysseus' son Telemachus.
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| fetish | an object (such as a small stone carving of an animal) believed to have magical power to protect or aid its owner |
| calamity | a disastrous event marked by great loss and lasting distress and suffering |
| pessimism | an inclination to emphasize adverse aspects, conditions, and possibilities or to expect the worst possible outcome |
| prosper | to succeed in an enterprise or activity |
| irrepressible | impossible to repress, restrain, or control |
| skeptic | an adherent or advocate of skepticism |
| prophylactic | guarding from or preventing the spread or occurrence of disease or infection |
| browse | to eat (tender shoots, twigs, leaves of trees and shrubs, etc.) : to consume as browse (see browse |
| carnivorous | subsisting or feeding on animal tissues |
| supposition | something that is supposed : hypothesis |