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.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| clasp | a device (such as a hook) for holding objects or parts together |
| prance | to spring from the hind legs or move by so doing |
| sanctimonious | hypocritically pious or devout |
| straggle | to wander from the direct course or way : rove |
| incendiary | igniting combustible materials spontaneously |
| rubble | broken fragments (as of rock) resulting from the decay or destruction of a building |
| venal | capable of being bought or obtained for money or other valuable consideration : purchasable |
| gyroscope | a wheel or disk mounted to spin rapidly about an axis and also free to rotate about one or both of two axes perpendicular to each other and to the axis of spin so that a rotation of one of the two mutually perpendicular axes results from application of torque to the other when the wheel is spinning and so that the entire apparatus offers considerable opposition depending on the angular momentum to any torque that would change the direction of the axis of spin |
| acclivity | an ascending slope (as of a hill) |
| banal | lacking originality, freshness, or novelty : trite |