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 |
|---|---|
| cull | to select from a group : choose |
| pacifist | an adherent to pacifism : someone who opposes war or violence as a means of settling disputes |
| spare | not being used |
| palliate | to reduce the violence of (a disease) |
| rue | to feel penitence, remorse, or regret for |
| smolder | to burn sluggishly, without flame, and often with much smoke |
| tremulous | characterized by or affected with trembling or tremors |
| chaff | the seed coverings and other debris separated from the seed in threshing grain |
| homily | a usually short sermon |
| consequential | of the nature of a secondary result : indirect |