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.
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| Word | Meaning |
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| matinee | a musical or dramatic performance or social or public event held in the daytime and especially the afternoon |
| denounce | to pronounce especially publicly to be blameworthy or evil |
| irretrievable | not retrievable : impossible to regain or recover |
| prosper | to succeed in an enterprise or activity |
| contravene | to go or act contrary to : violate |
| efface | to eliminate or make indistinct by or as if by wearing away a surface |
| glaze | to furnish or fit with glass |
| shrew | any of a family (Soricidae) of small chiefly nocturnal insectivores related to the moles and distinguished by a long pointed snout, very small eyes, and short velvety fur |
| disinterested | not having the mind or feelings engaged (see engaged |
| caricature | exaggeration by means of often ludicrous distortion of parts or characteristics |