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 |
|---|---|
| coincidence | the act or condition of coinciding : correspondence |
| haughtiness | blatantly and disdainfully proud : having or showing an attitude of superiority and contempt for people or things perceived to be inferior |
| disavowal | to deny responsibility for : repudiate |
| debase | to lower in status, esteem, quality, or character |
| immure | to enclose within or as if within walls |
| knead | to work and press into a mass with or as if with the hands |
| inalienable | incapable of being alienated, surrendered, or transferred |
| injurious | inflicting or tending to inflict injury : detrimental |
| clamber | to climb awkwardly or with effort especially by using both the hands and the feet |
| deducible | to determine by reasoning or deduction |