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 |
|---|---|
| prepossessing | creating prejudice |
| wake | to be or remain awake |
| plaudit | an act or round of applause |
| grisly | inspiring horror or intense fear |
| sully | to make soiled or tarnished : defile |
| degenerate | having declined or become less specialized (as in nature, character, structure, or function) from an ancestral or former state |
| inquisitor | one who inquires or makes inquisition |
| mar | to ruin or diminish the perfection or wholeness of : spoil |
| wring | to squeeze or twist especially so as to make dry or to extract moisture or liquid |
| capillary | resembling a hair especially in slender elongated form |