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 |
|---|---|
| stickler | one who insists on exactness or completeness in the observance of something |
| vicissitude | the quality or state of being changeable : mutability |
| venom | a toxic substance produced by some animals (such as snakes, scorpions, or bees) that is injected into prey or an enemy chiefly by biting or stinging and has an injurious or lethal effect |
| livid | discolored by bruising : black-and-blue |
| disquietude | anxiety |
| chaste | innocent of unlawful sexual intercourse |
| cursive | running |
| hover | to position (a computer cursor) over something (such as an image or icon) without selecting it |
| indecision | a wavering between two or more possible courses of action : irresolution |
| dearth | scarcity that makes dear |