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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
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| spoonerism | a transposition of usually initial sounds of two or more words (as in tons of soil for sons of toil) |
| fawning | seeking or used to seek approval or favor by means of flattery |
| herpetologist | a branch of zoology dealing with reptiles and amphibians |
| fringe | an ornamental border consisting of short straight or twisted threads or strips hanging from cut or raveled edges or from a separate band |
| depredation | to lay waste : plunder |
| gull | any of numerous long-winged web-footed aquatic birds (subfamily Larinae of the family Laridae) |
| periphery | the perimeter of a circle or other closed curve |
| shambles | a meat market |
| variegated | having discrete markings of different colors |
| deport | to send out of the country by legal deportation |