GRE Word List
NEOPHYTE
a new convert : proselyte
The meaning of the word neophyte is a new convert : proselyte.
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| nourishment | food |
| veritable | being in fact the thing named and not false, unreal, or imaginary |
| vagrant | one who has no established residence and wanders idly from place to place without lawful or visible means of support |
| auxiliary | offering or providing help |
| pinnacle | an upright architectural member generally ending in a small spire and used especially in Gothic construction to give weight especially to a buttress |
| consecrate | dedicated to a sacred purpose |
| decrepit | wasted and weakened by or as if by the infirmities of old age |
| spartan | a native or inhabitant of ancient Sparta |
| abyss | an immeasurably deep gulf or great space |
| anchor | a device usually of metal attached to a ship or boat by a cable and cast overboard to hold it in a particular place by means of a fluke that digs into the bottom |