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novice

nounCommon GRE wordMore N words

a person new to and inexperienced in an activity

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Novice in a sentence

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As a novice gardener, she overwatered nearly every plant she touched.

Synonyms
beginnertyroapprentice
Antonyms
expertveteranadept

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The treaty was hailed as a triumph of diplomacy, yet historians now regard its terms as blank, since they merely postponed the conflicts they claimed to resolve.

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Novice (noun) means a person new to and inexperienced in an activity
Here is novice used in an example sentence: "As a novice gardener, she overwatered nearly every plant she touched."
Common synonyms for novice include beginner, tyro, apprentice.
Antonyms of novice include expert, veteran, adept.
Novice is a GRE-level vocabulary word worth knowing for the Verbal section.

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