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 |
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| foist | to introduce or insert surreptitiously or without warrant |
| compartment | a separate division or section |
| citadel | a fortress that commands (see command |
| flag | any of various monocotyledonous plants with long ensiform leaves: such as |
| attenuate | to lessen the amount, force, magnitude, or value of : weaken |
| graphic | of or relating to the pictorial arts |
| desperado | a bold or violent criminal |
| cozen | to deceive, win over, or induce to do something by artful coaxing and wheedling or shrewd trickery |
| arbitrary | existing or coming about seemingly at random or by chance or as a capricious and unreasonable act of will |
| gross | glaringly noticeable usually because of inexcusable badness or objectionableness |