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 |
|---|---|
| beneficiary | a person or thing that receives help or an advantage from something : one that benefits from something |
| charlatan | quack |
| downcast | low in spirit : dejected |
| disperse | to cause to break up (see break up |
| genealogy | an account of the descent of a person, family, or group from an ancestor or from older forms |
| phalanx | a body of heavily armed infantry in ancient Greece formed in close deep ranks and files |
| schism | division |
| prosper | to succeed in an enterprise or activity |
| inter | to deposit (a dead body) in the earth or in a tomb |
| crass | gross |