GRE Word List
PLEBEIAN
a member of the Roman plebs
The meaning of the word plebeian is a member of the Roman plebs.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| petrify | to convert (organic matter) into stone or a substance of stony hardness by the infiltration of water and the deposition of dissolved mineral matter |
| rococo | rococo work or style |
| beguile | hoodwink |
| efface | to eliminate or make indistinct by or as if by wearing away a surface |
| backslide | to lapse morally or in the practice of religion |
| detached | standing by itself : separate |
| impiety | the quality or state of being impious : irreverence |
| reduce | to draw together or cause to converge : consolidate |
| maul | a heavy often wooden-headed hammer used especially for driving wedges |
| dissolution | the act or process of dissolving: such as |