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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| capacious | containing or capable of containing a great deal |
| beseech | to beg for urgently or anxiously |
| degenerate | having declined or become less specialized (as in nature, character, structure, or function) from an ancestral or former state |
| intelligentsia | intellectuals who form an artistic, social, or political vanguard or elite |
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| prank | trick |
| succulent | full of juice : juicy |
| disgorge | to discharge by the throat and mouth : vomit |
| ponderous | of very great weight |
| fret | to eat or gnaw into : corrode |