GRE Word List
TABLET
a flat slab or plaque suited for or bearing an inscription
The meaning of the word tablet is a flat slab or plaque suited for or bearing an inscription.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| linger | to be slow in parting or in quitting something : tarry |
| ephemeral | lasting a very short time |
| precarious | dependent on chance circumstances, unknown conditions, or uncertain developments |
| reprieve | to delay the punishment of (someone, such as a condemned prisoner) |
| plagiarize | to steal and pass off (the ideas or words of another) as one's own : use (another's production) without crediting the source |
| swill | wash |
| superfluous | exceeding what is sufficient or necessary : extra |
| illusion | a misleading image presented to the vision : optical illusion |
| fringe | an ornamental border consisting of short straight or twisted threads or strips hanging from cut or raveled edges or from a separate band |
| anthropoid | any of a suborder (Anthropoidea) of higher primates (such as macaques and marmosets) |