GRE Word List
NEOPHYTE
a new convert : proselyte
The meaning of the word neophyte is a new convert : proselyte.
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| smelt | any of a family (Osmeridae) of small bony fishes that closely resemble the trouts in general structure, live along coasts and ascend rivers to spawn or are landlocked, and have delicate oily flesh with a distinctive odor and taste |
| outstrip | to go faster or farther than |
| deadlock | a state of inaction or neutralization resulting from the opposition of equally powerful uncompromising persons or factions : standstill |
| corpus | the body of a human or animal especially when dead |
| rustic | of, relating to, or suitable for the country : rural |
| pulpit | an elevated platform or high reading desk used in preaching or conducting a worship service |
| punitive | inflicting, involving, or aiming at punishment |
| inquisitive | given to examination or investigation |
| mammal | any of a class (Mammalia) of warm-blooded higher vertebrates (such as placentals, marsupials, or monotremes) that nourish their young with milk secreted by mammary glands, have the skin usually more or less covered with hair, and include humans |
| indigenous | produced, growing, living, or occurring natively or naturally in a particular region or environment |