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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| mongrel | an individual resulting from the interbreeding of diverse breeds (see breed |
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| vying | contending; to strive for superiority |
| gist | essence; main point; substance |
| brood | the young of an animal or a family of young |
| qualify | to reduce from a general to a particular or restricted form : modify |
| frustrate | to balk or defeat in an endeavor |
| appall | to overcome with consternation, shock, or dismay |
| disabuse | to free from error, misconception, or fallacy (see fallacy |
| hyperbole | extravagant exaggeration (such as "mile-high ice-cream cones") |