GRE Word List
ANACHRONISM
an error in chronology
The meaning of the word anachronism is an error in chronology.
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adversity | a state or instance of serious or continued difficulty or misfortune |
incite | to move to action : stir up : spur on : urge on |
muster | a representative specimen (see specimen |
patrician | a member of one of the original citizen families of ancient Rome |
pulmonary | of, relating to, affecting, or occurring in the lungs |
engross | to copy or write in a large hand |
olfactory | of or relating to the sense of smell |
oblivion | the fact or condition of not remembering : a state marked by lack of awareness or consciousness |
disgruntle | to make ill-humored or discontented |
fret | to eat or gnaw into : corrode |