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 |
|---|---|
| incandescent | white, glowing, or luminous with intense heat |
| despise | to look down on with disrespect or aversion |
| avantgarde | group of artists whose work is based on the newest ideas and methods; CF. vanguard |
| convoke | to call together to a meeting |
| steep | lofty |
| unctuous | having, revealing, or marked by a smug, ingratiating, and false earnestness or spirituality |
| berserk | an ancient Scandinavian warrior frenzied in battle and held to be invulnerable |
| transient | passing especially quickly into and out of existence : transitory |
| billow | wave |
| forbearance | a refraining from the enforcement of something (such as a debt, right, or obligation) that is due |