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 |
|---|---|
| truculence | the quality or state of being truculent |
| pluck | to pull or pick off or out |
| discrete | constituting a separate entity : individually distinct |
| avarice | excessive or insatiable desire for wealth or gain : greediness |
| recapitulate | to retell or restate briefly : summarize |
| parable | a usually short fictitious story that illustrates a moral attitude or a religious principle |
| acquiesce | to accept, comply, or submit tacitly or passively |
| clap | to strike (two things, such as two flat, hard surfaces) together so as to produce a sharp percussive noise |
| drastic | acting rapidly or violently |
| reserve | to hold in reserve : keep back |