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 |
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| dross | the scum or unwanted material that forms on the surface of molten metal |
| sullen | gloomily or resentfully silent or repressed |
| avarice | excessive or insatiable desire for wealth or gain : greediness |
| sly | wise in practical affairs |
| memorial | serving to preserve remembrance : commemorative |
| tundra | a level or rolling treeless plain that is characteristic of arctic and subarctic regions, consists of black mucky soil with a permanently frozen subsoil, and has a dominant vegetation of mosses, lichens, herbs, and dwarf shrubs |
| shunt | to turn off to one side : shift |
| gerrymander | the act or method of gerrymandering |
| retract | to draw back or in |
| malevolent | having, showing, or arising from intense often vicious ill will, spite, or hatred |