GRE Word List
ANACHRONISM
an error in chronology
The meaning of the word anachronism is an error in chronology.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| novice | a person admitted to probationary membership in a religious community |
| draw | to cause to move continuously toward or after a force applied in advance : pull |
| wary | marked by keen caution, cunning, and watchfulness especially in detecting and escaping danger |
| callow | lacking adult sophistication : immature |
| gainsay | to declare to be untrue or invalid |
| unwitting | not knowing : unaware |
| hieroglyphic | written in, constituting, or belonging to a system of writing mainly in pictorial characters |
| bitter | being, inducing, or marked by the one of the five basic taste sensations that is peculiarly acrid, astringent, and often disagreeable and characteristic of citrus peels, unsweetened cocoa, black coffee, mature leafy greens (such as kale or mustard), or ale |
| apprise | to give notice to : tell |
| leonine | of, relating to, suggestive of, or resembling a lion |