GRE Word List
PHILISTINE
a native or inhabitant of ancient Philistia
The meaning of the word philistine is a native or inhabitant of ancient Philistia.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| gist | essence; main point; substance |
| veer | to change direction or course |
| whorl | a drum-shaped section on the lower part of a spindle in spinning or weaving machinery serving as a pulley for the tape drive that rotates the spindle |
| fracas | a noisy quarrel : brawl |
| forswear | to make a liar of (oneself) under or as if under oath |
| fatalism | a doctrine that events are fixed in advance so that human beings are powerless to change them |
| founder | one that founds or establishes |
| consistency | agreement or harmony of parts or features to one another or a whole : correspondence |
| entity | being |
| indices | signs; indications; Ex. indices of a student's potential; CF. index: something that reveals or indicates; sign; Ex. cost-of-living index |