GRE Word List

NEOPHYTE

a new convert : proselyte

The meaning of the word neophyte is a new convert : proselyte.

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petrifyto convert (organic matter) into stone or a substance of stony hardness by the infiltration of water and the deposition of dissolved mineral matter
whima capricious or eccentric and often sudden idea or turn of the mind : fancy
disburseto pay out : expend especially from a fund
intelligentsiaintellectuals who form an artistic, social, or political vanguard or elite
misgivingsa feeling of doubt or suspicion especially concerning a future event
modean arrangement of the eight diatonic notes or tones of an octave according to one of several fixed schemes of their intervals (see interval
branda charred piece of wood
rivetinghaving the power to fix the attention : engrossing
crestfallenhaving a drooping crest or hanging head
windfallsomething (such as a tree or fruit) blown down by the wind