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 |
|---|---|
| flinch | to withdraw or shrink from or as if from pain : wince |
| sophistry | subtly deceptive reasoning or argumentation |
| proselytize | to induce someone to convert to one's faith |
| spin | to draw out and twist fiber into yarn or thread |
| outlandish | of or relating to another country : foreign |
| resolution | the act or process of resolving: such as |
| trek | to make one's way arduously |
| hoax | to trick into believing or accepting as genuine something false and often preposterous |
| ignominy | deep personal humiliation and disgrace |
| subaltern | particular with reference to a related universal proposition |