GRE Word List
PARCHMENT
the skin of a sheep or goat prepared for writing on
The meaning of the word parchment is the skin of a sheep or goat prepared for writing on.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| dispassionate | not influenced by strong feeling |
| blighted | affected with blight (see blight |
| consummate | extremely skilled and accomplished |
| hindsight | perception of the nature of an event after it has happened |
| circumvent | to manage to get around especially by ingenuity or stratagem |
| bump | a relatively abrupt convexity or protuberance on a surface: such as |
| willful | obstinately and often perversely self-willed |
| untoward | difficult to guide, manage, or work with : unruly |
| unregenerate | not regenerate |
| betoken | to typify beforehand : presage |