GRE Word List
TYRO
a beginner in learning : novice
The meaning of the word tyro is a beginner in learning : novice.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| discerning | showing insight and understanding : discriminating |
| simplistic | excessively simple or simplified : treating a problem or subject with false simplicity by omitting or ignoring complicating factors or details |
| symmetry | balanced proportions |
| recidivism | a tendency to relapse into a previous condition or mode of behavior |
| 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 |
| puny | slight or inferior in power, size, or importance : weak |
| trigger | a piece (such as a lever) connected with a catch or detent as a means of releasing it |
| chaotic | marked by chaos or being in a state of chaos : completely confused or disordered |
| mange | any of various persistent contagious skin diseases marked especially by eczematous inflammation and loss of hair, affecting domestic animals or sometimes humans, and caused by a minute parasitic mite compare sarcoptic mange |
| varnish | a liquid preparation that when applied to a surface dries to form a hard lustrous typically transparent coating |