Correct Answer: A
Explanation:
(A) A tyro is a complete beginner at something, a person with virtually no experience. Similarly, an apprentice is someone who is learning a new art or craft, a person with no mastery of the skill he wants to practice.
TYRO: a beginner in learning something; novice
Apprentice: a person under legal agreement to work
a specified length of time for a master
craftsman in a craft or trade in return
for instruction and, formerly, support
Mastery: the act of mastering (an art, science, etc.)
Journeyman: a) orig., a worker for a daily wage b) a
worker who has served an
apprenticeship and is therefore
qualified to work at a specified trade
Rookie: an inexperienced recruit in the army
Ingénue: an innocent, inexperienced, unworldly
young woman