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 |
|---|---|
| pyromaniac | a person who has an uncontrollable impulse to start fires : a person affected by pyromania |
| memoir | an official note or report : memorandum |
| retract | to draw back or in |
| tenuous | having little substance or strength : flimsy |
| knack | a special ready capacity that is hard to analyze or teach |
| irate | roused to ire |
| earn | to receive as return for effort and especially for work done or services rendered |
| embed | to enclose closely in or as if in a matrix |
| effeminate | having feminine qualities untypical of a man : not manly in appearance or manner |
| abstract | disassociated from any specific instance |