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 |
|---|---|
| robust | having or exhibiting strength or vigorous health |
| hindrance | the state of being interfered with, held back, or slowed down : the state of being hindered |
| acumen | keenness and depth of perception, discernment, or discrimination especially in practical matters |
| hysteria | a psychoneurosis marked by emotional excitability and disturbances of the psychogenic, sensory, vasomotor, and visceral (see visceral |
| plumb | a lead weight attached to a line and used to indicate a vertical direction |
| incarnation | the act of incarnating : the state of being incarnate |
| dinghy | a small boat carried on or towed behind a larger boat as a tender or a lifeboat |
| infirmity | the quality or state of being infirm |
| prelate | an ecclesiastic (such as a bishop or abbot) of superior rank |
| anodyne | serving to alleviate pain |