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 |
|---|---|
| continence | the ability to retain a bodily discharge voluntarily |
| mesmerize | to subject to mesmerism |
| fissure | a narrow opening or crack of considerable length and depth usually occurring from some breaking or parting |
| smattering | superficial piecemeal knowledge |
| irony | the use of words to express something other than and especially the opposite of the literal meaning |
| lucre | monetary gain : profit |
| miscellany | separate writings collected in one volume |
| fickle | marked by lack of steadfastness, constancy, or stability : given to erratic changeableness |
| hermetic | of or relating to the mystical and alchemical writings or teachings arising in the first three centuries a.d. |
| integral | essential to completeness : constituent |