GRE Word List
PALIMPSEST
writing material (such as a parchment or tablet) used one or more times after earlier writing has been erased
The meaning of the word palimpsest is writing material (such as a parchment or tablet) used one or more times after earlier writing has been erased.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| incubate | to sit on (eggs) so as to hatch by the warmth of the body |
| proliferate | to grow by rapid production of new parts, cells, buds, or offspring |
| debilitate | to impair the strength of : enfeeble |
| insidious | having a gradual and cumulative effect : subtle |
| addendum | a thing added : addition |
| breed | to produce (offspring) by hatching or gestation |
| automaton | a mechanism that is relatively self-operating |
| bar | a straight piece (as of wood or metal) that is longer than it is wide and has any of various uses (as for a lever, support, barrier, or fastening) |
| impair | to diminish in function, ability, or quality : to weaken or make worse |
| seduce | to persuade to disobedience or disloyalty |