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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| colloquial | used in or characteristic of familiar and informal conversation |
| squelch | to fall or stamp on so as to crush |
| exalt | to raise in rank, power, or character |
| frantic | emotionally out of control |
| oversee | survey |
| maladroit | lacking adroitness : inept |
| tremulous | characterized by or affected with trembling or tremors |
| probe | a slender medical instrument used especially for exploration (as of a wound or body cavity) |
| irony | the use of words to express something other than and especially the opposite of the literal meaning |
| degenerate | having declined or become less specialized (as in nature, character, structure, or function) from an ancestral or former state |