199. Neophyte

From, “Obama Embraces National Security as Campaign Issue,” by Helene Cooper, 4/6/12, The New York Times:

At the same time, the Obama campaign is seeking to portray Mitt Romney, the likely Republican nominee, as a national security neophyte whose best ideas are simply retreads of what the president is already doing, and whose worst instincts would take the country back to the days of President George W. Bush: cowboy diplomacy, the Iraq war and America’s lowest standing on the international stage.

Neophyte: a beginner or novice