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 |
|---|---|
| migrant | one that migrates: such as |
| invidious | of an unpleasant or objectionable nature : obnoxious |
| purport | to have the often specious appearance of being, intending, or claiming (something implied or inferred) |
| oath | a solemn usually formal calling upon God or a god to witness to the truth of what one says or to witness that one sincerely intends to do what one says |
| gist | essence; main point; substance |
| rooster | an adult male domestic chicken |
| plebiscite | a vote by which the people of an entire country or district express an opinion for or against a proposal especially on a choice of government or ruler |
| pinion | the terminal section of a bird's wing including the carpus, metacarpus, and phalanges |
| slapdash | haphazard |
| institutionalize | to make into an institution : give character of an institution to |