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 |
|---|---|
| domicile | a dwelling place : place of residence : home |
| tithe | a tenth part of something paid as a voluntary contribution or as a tax especially for the support of a religious establishment |
| stock | a store or supply accumulated or available |
| agglomeration | the action or process of collecting in a mass |
| rooster | an adult male domestic chicken |
| debunk | to expose the sham (see sham |
| prop | something that props or sustains : support |
| thrash | to beat soundly with or as if with a stick or whip : flog |
| grouse | any of various chiefly ground-dwelling birds (family Tetraonidae) that are usually of reddish-brown or other protective color and have feathered legs and that include many important game birds |
| indigence | a level of poverty in which real hardship and deprivation are suffered and comforts of life are wholly lacking |