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 |
|---|---|
| veracious | truthful |
| amend | to put right |
| confluence | a coming or flowing together, meeting, or gathering at one point |
| foul | offensive to the senses : loathsome |
| flag | any of various monocotyledonous plants with long ensiform leaves: such as |
| veritable | being in fact the thing named and not false, unreal, or imaginary |
| momentous | having great or lasting importance : consequential |
| self-righteous | convinced of one's own righteousness especially in contrast with the actions and beliefs of others : narrow-mindedly moralistic |
| shoot | to eject or impel or cause to be ejected or impelled by a sudden release of tension (as of a bowstring or slingshot or by a flick of a finger) |
| desperate | having lost hope |