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 |
|---|---|
| corrosive | tending or having the power to corrode |
| start | to move suddenly and violently : spring |
| martinet | a strict disciplinarian |
| percussion | the act of percussing: such as |
| metaphor | a figure of speech in which a word or phrase literally denoting one kind of object or idea is used in place of another to suggest a likeness or analogy between them (as in drowning in money) |
| propriety | the quality or state of being proper or suitable : appropriateness |
| epitaph | an inscription on or at a tomb or a grave in memory of the one buried there |
| anneal | to heat and then cool (a material, such as steel or glass) usually for softening and making less brittle |
| gape | to open the mouth wide |
| rejoinder | the defendant's answer to the plaintiff's replication |