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 |
|---|---|
| soothsayer | a person who predicts the future by magical, intuitive, or more rational means : prognosticator |
| placate | to soothe or mollify especially by concessions : appease |
| tenuous | having little substance or strength : flimsy |
| abstain | to choose not to do or have something : to refrain deliberately and often with an effort of self-denial from an action or practice |
| consistency | agreement or harmony of parts or features to one another or a whole : correspondence |
| inaugurate | to induct into an office with suitable ceremonies |
| vicar | an ecclesiastical agent: such as |
| curtail | to make less by or as if by cutting off or away some part |
| lectern | a stand used to support a book or script in a convenient position for a standing reader or speaker |
| impersonal | having no personal reference or connection |