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 |
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| queer | differing in some way from what is usual or normal : odd |
| ribald | marked by coarseness or lewdness : crude |
| responsiveness | giving response : constituting a response : answering |
| prestige | standing or estimation in the eyes of people : weight or credit in general opinion |
| sterile | failing to bear or incapable of producing fruit or spores |
| whittle | a large knife |
| assurance | the state of being assured: such as |
| bromide | a binary compound of bromine with another element or a radical including some (such as potassium bromide) used as sedatives |
| aesthetic | of, relating to, or dealing with aesthetics or the beautiful |
| swagger | to conduct oneself in an arrogant or superciliously pompous manner |