GRE Word List

ANACHRONISM

an error in chronology

The meaning of the word anachronism is an error in chronology.

Random words

WordMeaning
murmura half-suppressed or muttered complaint : grumbling
contiguousbeing in actual contact : touching along a boundary or at a point
encipherto convert (a message) into cipher
hindmostfarthest to the rear : last
tribunea Roman official under the monarchy and the republic with the function of protecting the plebeian citizen from arbitrary action by the patrician magistrates
adjacentnot distant : nearby
prescienceforeknowledge of events:
sterilefailing to bear or incapable of producing fruit or spores
permeablecapable of being permeated : penetrable
wispa small handful (as of hay or straw)