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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liquidateto determine by agreement or by litigation the precise amount of (indebtedness, damages, or accounts)
congenitalexisting at or dating from birth
circumlocutionthe use of an unnecessarily large number of words to express an idea
betrayto lead astray
effervescencethe property of forming bubbles : the action or process of effervescing
sinistersingularly evil or productive of evil
favoritismthe showing of special favor : partiality
vicariousexperienced or realized through imaginative or sympathetic participation in the experience of another
tenurethe act, right, manner, or term of holding something (such as a landed property, a position, or an office)
interpolateto alter or corrupt (something, such as a text) by inserting new or foreign matter