GRE Word List
PALPABLE
capable of being touched or felt : tangible
The meaning of the word palpable is capable of being touched or felt : tangible.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| fanciful | marked by fancy or unrestrained imagination rather than by reason and experience |
| lancet | a sharp-pointed and commonly 2-edged surgical instrument used to make small incisions |
| derision | the use of ridicule or scorn to show contempt |
| deviate | to stray especially from a standard, principle, or topic |
| patriarch | one of the scriptural fathers of the human race or of the Hebrew people |
| renegade | a deserter from one faith, cause, or allegiance to another |
| syllogism | a deductive scheme of a formal argument consisting of a major and a minor premise and a conclusion (as in "every virtue is laudable; kindness is a virtue; therefore kindness is laudable") |
| numismatist | the study or collection of coins, tokens, and paper money and sometimes related objects (such as medals) |
| cavil | to raise trivial and frivolous objection |
| bemused | marked by confusion or bewilderment : dazed |