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 |
|---|---|
| rolling | (of land) rising and falling in long gentle slopes; happening continuously by stages; Ex. rolling devolution of power to local governments |
| zealot | a zealous person |
| erode | to diminish or destroy by degrees: |
| desultory | marked by lack of definite plan, regularity, or purpose |
| serendipity | the faculty or phenomenon of finding valuable or agreeable things not sought for |
| natal | native |
| fathomless | incapable of being fathomed : immeasurable |
| cryptic | secret |
| comatose | of, resembling, or affected with coma |
| accessible | capable of being reached |