GRE Word List
NEOPHYTE
a new convert : proselyte
The meaning of the word neophyte is a new convert : proselyte.
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| wanderlust | strong longing for or impulse toward wandering |
| flaunt | to display or obtrude oneself to public notice |
| thwart | to oppose successfully : defeat the hopes or aspirations of |
| germinal | being in the earliest stage of development |
| referendum | the principle or practice of submitting to popular vote a measure passed on or proposed by a legislative body or by popular initiative |
| explicit | fully revealed or expressed without vagueness, implication, or ambiguity : leaving no question as to meaning or intent |
| invocation | the act or process of petitioning for help or support |
| grudge | to be unwilling to give or admit : give or allow reluctantly or resentfully |
| wag | to be in motion : stir |
| alchemy | a medieval chemical science and speculative philosophy aiming to achieve the transmutation of the base metals into gold, the discovery of a universal cure for disease, and the discovery of a means of indefinitely prolonging life |