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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| vogue | popular acceptation or favor : popularity |
| purchase | to obtain by paying money or its equivalent : buy |
| inveigh | to protest or complain bitterly or vehemently : rail |
| accessory | an object or device that is not essential in itself but adds to the beauty, convenience, or effectiveness of something else |
| raze | to destroy to the ground : demolish |
| mobile | capable of moving or being moved : movable |
| alimentary | of or relating to nourishment or nutrition |
| hieroglyphic | written in, constituting, or belonging to a system of writing mainly in pictorial characters |
| convoluted | having convolutions |
| palpable | capable of being touched or felt : tangible |