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noun
1.
a beginner or novice: He's a neophyte at chess.
2.
Roman Catholic Church. a novice.
3.
a person newly converted to a belief, as a heathen, heretic, or nonbeliever; proselyte.
4.
Primitive Church. a person newly baptized.
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Neophyte
is a GRE word you need to know.
So is fallacious. Does it mean:
| the usual writ for the summoning of witnesses or the submission of evidence, as records or documents, before a court |
| containing something logically unsound or deceptive; disappointing or delusive |
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- Anyone but a neophyte, however, will find many of the selections quite familiar.
- Pitching a tent can be frustrating for seasoned and neophyte campers alike.
- This article was written by a neophyte and is so biased it is pathetic.
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neophyte
"new convert," c.1550, from L.L. neophytus, from Gk. neophytos, lit. "newly planted," from neos "new" + -phytos "planted," verbal adj. of phyein "cause to grow, beget, plant." Church sense is from I Tim. iii.6. Rare before 19c. General sense of "one who is new to any subject" is first recorded 1599.
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