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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| Word | Meaning |
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| categorical | absolute |
| tribute | something given or contributed voluntarily as due or deserved |
| repudiate | to refuse to accept |
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| conservatory | a greenhouse for growing or displaying plants |
| dormer | a window set vertically in a structure projecting through a sloping roof |
| effectual | producing or able to produce a desired effect |
| caulk | to stop up and make tight against leakage (something, such as a boat or its seams, the cracks in a window frame, or the joints of a pipe) |
| duress | forcible restraint or restriction |
| tenacity | the quality or state of being tenacious |