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ird, (( ) );<br />

• immature; callow, ( , , , , ); This is the<br />

hasty conclusion of monasteries Hasty Well--unfledged saints fall.... Their<br />

growth becomes self-centred. — Fate Knocks at the Door A Novel;<br />

• (rookie)- Slang an untrained or inexperienced recruit, as in the army or<br />

police; And now that it was time to implement it, he was as nervous as<br />

a rookie on his first day in the business. — The Miko;<br />

• (greenhorn)- an untrained or inexperienced person; But now, as we are on<br />

the right footing, I can tell you that I wintered once in Arkansaw, and that's<br />

enough to let you know I'm no greenhorn, no how you can fix it. — Wild<br />

Western Scenes;<br />

• a naive or gullible person; someone who is easily tricked or swindled,<br />

( );<br />

freshman : sophomore : junior : senior<br />

• (freshman)- a student in the first year of the course at a university,<br />

college, or high school; As a mere freshman, I looked up to my room-mate<br />

with great respect, and treated him accordingly. — James Fenimore Cooper;<br />

• a novice; beginner;<br />

• (sophomore)- a student in the second year of high school or college,<br />

( ); I decided to try a fresh<br />

examination in order to gain a year by reentering as a sophomore. — The<br />

Autobiography of a Journalist;<br />

• (junior)- a student in the third year of a U.S. high school or college;<br />

• (senior)- a student in the fourth year of high school or college;<br />

novice = beginner = tyro ~ amateur = naive : abecedarian : tenderfoot : green<br />

• (novice)- a person who is new to the circumstances, work, etc., in which he<br />

or she is placed; beginner; tyro; A revolver in the hands of a novice is almost<br />

as dangerous as an automatic pistol. — The Fifth Battalion Highland Light<br />

Infantry in the War 1914-1918;<br />

• (tyro)- a beginner in learning anything; novice, ( ,<br />

, ); "So you are a geologist Mr. Lively looked at Johnny<br />

reverently Only a mere tyro, a beginner, in knowledge," he said. — 102 -<br />

Mystery Island;<br />

• (amateur)- a person who engages in a study, sport, or other activity for<br />

pleasure rather than for financial benefit or professional reasons,<br />

( , , ); The Prince was a musical amateur,<br />

like his father and his grandfather, whose enthusiasm for Handel it is hardly<br />

necessary to recall. — Joseph Haydn;<br />

• (naive)- lacking worldly experience and understanding; My every thought

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