GRE Word List
THESPIAN
actor
The meaning of the word thespian is actor.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| mercenary | one that serves merely for wages |
| headfirst | with the head foremost |
| scapegoat | a goat upon whose head are symbolically placed the sins of the people after which he is sent into the wilderness in the biblical ceremony for Yom Kippur |
| chasten | to correct by punishment or suffering : discipline |
| visionary | having or marked by foresight and imagination |
| dynamo | generator |
| alienate | to cause to be estranged : to make unfriendly, hostile, or indifferent especially where attachment formerly existed |
| doze | to sleep lightly |
| scheme | a plan or program of action |
| hamper | to restrict the movement of by bonds or obstacles : impede |