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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blemishto spoil by a flaw
tundraa level or rolling treeless plain that is characteristic of arctic and subarctic regions, consists of black mucky soil with a permanently frozen subsoil, and has a dominant vegetation of mosses, lichens, herbs, and dwarf shrubs
largessliberal giving (as of money) to or as if to an inferior
filthfoul or putrid matter
coincorner
bombasticmarked by or given to speech or writing that is given exaggerated importance by artificial or empty means : marked by or given to bombast : pompous
unassumingnot assuming : modest
irrevocablenot possible to revoke : unalterable
disconcertto throw into confusion
tyrannyoppressive power