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 |
|---|---|
| amiable | friendly, sociable, and congenial |
| implacable | not placable : not capable of being appeased, significantly changed, or mitigated |
| recluse | marked by withdrawal from society : solitary |
| precedent | prior in time, order, arrangement, or significance |
| relapse | the act or an instance of backsliding, worsening, or subsiding |
| compromise | settlement of differences by arbitration or by consent reached by mutual concessions |
| indolent | averse to activity, effort, or movement : habitually lazy |
| plebeian | a member of the Roman plebs |
| seethe | to suffer violent internal excitement |
| alms | something (such as money or food) given freely to relieve the poor |