GRE Word List
ANACHRONISM
an error in chronology
The meaning of the word anachronism is an error in chronology.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| straggle | to wander from the direct course or way : rove |
| dour | stern |
| leniency | the quality or state of being lenient |
| cremate | to subject to cremation |
| conservatory | a greenhouse for growing or displaying plants |
| paradox | one (such as a person, situation, or action) having seemingly contradictory qualities or phases |
| pharisee | a member of a Jewish sect of the intertestamental period noted for strict observance of rites and ceremonies of the written law and for insistence on the validity of their own oral traditions concerning the law |
| commodious | comfortably or conveniently spacious : roomy |
| canvass | to go through (a district) or go to (persons) in order to solicit orders or political support or to determine opinions or sentiments |
| depravity | a corrupt act or practice |