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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marred | to ruin or diminish the perfection or wholeness of : spoil |
blowhard | an arrogantly and pompously boastful or opinionated person : braggart |
climactic | of, relating to, or constituting a climax |
mercenary | one that serves merely for wages |
voluble | easily rolling or turning : rotating |
molecule | the smallest particle of a substance that retains all the properties (see property |
replete | fully or abundantly provided or filled |
decoy | a pond into which wildfowl are lured for capture |
tramp | to walk, tread, or step especially heavily |
sophisticated | deprived of native or original simplicity: such as |