GRE Word List
PROLETARIAN
a member of the proletariat
The meaning of the word proletarian is a member of the proletariat.
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| galleon | a heavy square-rigged sailing ship of the 15th to early 18th centuries used for war or commerce especially by the Spanish |
| deadpan | marked by an impassive matter-of-fact manner, style, or expression |
| alliteration | the repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables (such as wild and woolly, threatening throngs) |
| diligence | steady, earnest, and energetic effort : devoted and painstaking work and application to accomplish an undertaking : assiduity |
| corpulent | having a large bulky body : obese |
| waif | a stray person or animal |
| martyr | a person who voluntarily suffers death as the penalty of witnessing to and refusing to renounce a religion |
| presentiment | a feeling that something will or is about to happen : premonition |
| gadfly | any of various flies (such as a horsefly, botfly, or warble fly) that bite or annoy livestock |
| tantalize | to tease or torment by or as if by presenting something desirable to the view but continually keeping it out of reach |