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 |
|---|---|
| vicarious | experienced or realized through imaginative or sympathetic participation in the experience of another |
| muse | to become absorbed in thought |
| ubiquitous | existing or being everywhere at the same time : constantly encountered : widespread |
| cavalier | marked by or given to offhand and often disdainful (see disdain |
| ape | any of various large tailless semi-erect primates of Africa and southeastern Asia (such as the chimpanzee, gorilla, orangutan, or gibbon) |
| dilettante | a person having a superficial interest in an art or a branch of knowledge : dabbler |
| headlong | headfirst |
| abscond | to depart secretly and hide oneself |
| modish | fashionable |
| transcendental | transcendent |