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 |
|---|---|
| retentive | having the power, property, or capacity of retaining |
| defection | conscious abandonment of allegiance or duty (as to a person, cause, or doctrine) : desertion |
| remunerative | serving to remunerate |
| infamous | having a reputation of the worst kind : notoriously evil |
| mar | to ruin or diminish the perfection or wholeness of : spoil |
| brawn | the flesh of a boar |
| collaborate | to work jointly with others or together especially in an intellectual endeavor |
| dingy | dirty |
| retroactive | extending in scope or effect to a prior time or to conditions that existed or originated in the past |
| ulcer | a break in skin or mucous membrane with loss of surface tissue, disintegration and necrosis of epithelial tissue, and often pus |