GRE Word List
SIBYLLINE
any of several prophetesses usually accepted as 10 in number and credited to widely separate parts of the ancient world (such as Babylonia, Egypt, Greece, and Italy)
The meaning of the word sibylline is any of several prophetesses usually accepted as 10 in number and credited to widely separate parts of the ancient world (such as Babylonia, Egypt, Greece, and Italy).
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| syllogism | a deductive scheme of a formal argument consisting of a major and a minor premise and a conclusion (as in "every virtue is laudable; kindness is a virtue; therefore kindness is laudable") |
| artisan | a worker who practices a trade or handicraft : craftsperson |
| insubstantial | not substantial: such as |
| comestible | edible |
| proscribe | to publish the name of as condemned to death with the property of the condemned forfeited to the state |
| exact | to call for forcibly or urgently and obtain |
| sullen | gloomily or resentfully silent or repressed |
| tenure | the act, right, manner, or term of holding something (such as a landed property, a position, or an office) |
| commune | talk over |
| idyllic | pleasing or picturesque in natural simplicity |