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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| patrician | a member of one of the original citizen families of ancient Rome |
| unction | the act of anointing as a rite of consecration or healing |
| blighted | affected with blight (see blight |
| putative | commonly accepted or supposed |
| weird | of strange or extraordinary character : odd |
| parasite | an organism living in, on, or with another organism in order to obtain nutrients, grow, or multiply often in a state that directly or indirectly harms the host (see host |
| connivance | the act of conniving |
| evanescent | tending to vanish like vapor |
| diffidence | the quality or state of being unassertive or bashful : the quality or state of being diffident |
| vulpine | of, relating to, or resembling a fox |