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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| pedant | one who is unimaginative or who unduly emphasizes minutiae in the presentation or use of knowledge |
| septic | of, relating to, or causing putrefaction |
| castrate | to deprive (a male animal or person) of the testes |
| clout | a piece of cloth or leather : rag |
| obloquy | a strongly condemnatory utterance : abusive language |
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| refraction | deflection from a straight path undergone by a light ray or energy wave in passing obliquely from one medium (such as air) into another (such as glass) in which its velocity is different |
| flutter | to flap the wings rapidly |
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| digression | the act or an instance of leaving the main subject in an extended written or verbal expression of thought : the act or an instance of digressing in a discourse or other usually organized literary work |