GRE Word List
PROSELYTIZE
to induce someone to convert to one's faith
The meaning of the word proselytize is to induce someone to convert to one's faith.
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| rampant | rearing upon the hind legs with forelegs extended |
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| fluster | to put into a state of agitated confusion : upset |
| facsimile | an exact copy |
| augury | divination from auspices (see auspice |
| intermediary | mediator |
| ballast | a heavy substance (such as rocks or water) placed in such a way as to improve stability and control (as of the draft of a ship or the buoyancy of a balloon or submarine) |
| panache | an ornamental tuft (as of feathers) especially on a helmet |
| gloss | a surface luster or brightness : shine |
| gild | to overlay with or as if with a thin covering of gold |