GRE Word List
PROTEGE
one who is protected or trained or whose career is furthered by a person of experience, prominence, or influence
The meaning of the word protege is one who is protected or trained or whose career is furthered by a person of experience, prominence, or influence.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| obviate | to anticipate and prevent (something, such as a situation) or make (an action) unnecessary |
| expatiate | to move about freely or at will : wander |
| noxious | physically harmful or destructive to living beings |
| grandiloquent | a lofty, extravagantly colorful, pompous, or bombastic style, manner, or quality especially in language |
| putative | commonly accepted or supposed |
| rudimentary | consisting in first principles : fundamental |
| lavish | expending or bestowing profusely : prodigal |
| convoluted | having convolutions |
| delirium | an acute (see acute |
| recidivism | a tendency to relapse into a previous condition or mode of behavior |