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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| poseur | a person who pretends to be what he or she is not : an affected or insincere person |
| cross | a structure consisting of an upright with a transverse beam used especially by the ancient Romans for execution |
| oracular | resembling an oracle (as in solemnity of delivery) |
| blanch | to take the color out of |
| collate | to compare critically |
| swill | wash |
| outcast | one that is cast out or refused acceptance (as by society) : pariah |
| satyr | a sylvan deity in Greek mythology having certain characteristics of a horse or goat and fond of Dionysian revelry |
| indict | to charge with a crime by the finding or presentment of a jury (such as a grand jury) in due form of law |
| lounge | to act or move idly or lazily : loaf |