GRE Word List
NEOPHYTE
a new convert : proselyte
The meaning of the word neophyte is a new convert : proselyte.
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| Word | Meaning |
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| fuss: | trouble or worry over trifles; make nervous; pay too much attention to; N: needless concern or worry (about a trivial thing); anxious nervous condition; display of attention; Ex. make a fuss over the baby |
| doff | to remove (an article of wear) from the body |
| sect | a dissenting or schismatic religious body |
| oath | a solemn usually formal calling upon God or a god to witness to the truth of what one says or to witness that one sincerely intends to do what one says |
| brood | the young of an animal or a family of young |
| fathomless | incapable of being fathomed : immeasurable |
| cornucopia | a curved, hollow goat's horn or similarly shaped receptacle (such as a horn-shaped basket) that is overflowing especially with fruit and vegetables (such as gourds, ears of corn, apples, and grapes) and that is used as a decorative motif emblematic of abundance |
| disarray | a lack of order or sequence : confusion |
| obstetrician | a physician specializing in obstetrics |
| sententious | given to or abounding in aphoristic expression |