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 |
|---|---|
| petrify | to convert (organic matter) into stone or a substance of stony hardness by the infiltration of water and the deposition of dissolved mineral matter |
| whim | a capricious or eccentric and often sudden idea or turn of the mind : fancy |
| disburse | to pay out : expend especially from a fund |
| intelligentsia | intellectuals who form an artistic, social, or political vanguard or elite |
| misgivings | a feeling of doubt or suspicion especially concerning a future event |
| mode | an arrangement of the eight diatonic notes or tones of an octave according to one of several fixed schemes of their intervals (see interval |
| brand | a charred piece of wood |
| riveting | having the power to fix the attention : engrossing |
| crestfallen | having a drooping crest or hanging head |
| windfall | something (such as a tree or fruit) blown down by the wind |