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 |
|---|---|
| frail | easily led into evil |
| knead | to work and press into a mass with or as if with the hands |
| churlish | of, resembling, or characteristic of a churl : vulgar |
| degenerate | having declined or become less specialized (as in nature, character, structure, or function) from an ancestral or former state |
| provisional | serving for the time being : temporary |
| appraise | to set a value on : to estimate the amount of |
| nefarious | flagrantly wicked or impious : evil |
| agility | the quality or state of being agile : nimbleness |
| whinny | to neigh especially in a low or gentle way |
| tremulous | characterized by or affected with trembling or tremors |