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 |
|---|---|
| indulge | to yield to the desire of : humor |
| preponderance | a superiority in weight, power, importance, or strength |
| opprobrium | something that brings disgrace |
| brazen | made of brass |
| deign | to condescend reluctantly and with a strong sense of the affront to one's superiority that is involved : stoop |
| substantive | having substance : involving matters of major or practical importance to all concerned |
| cleft | a space or opening made by or as if by splitting : fissure |
| miscellaneous | consisting of diverse things or members : heterogeneous |
| insurrection | an act or instance of revolting against civil authority or an established government |
| inveterate | confirmed in a habit : habitual |