GRE Word List
ANACHRONISM
an error in chronology
The meaning of the word anachronism is an error in chronology.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| precis | a concise summary of essential points, statements, or facts |
| seclusion | the act of secluding : the condition of being secluded |
| deference | respect and esteem due a superior or an elder |
| denotation | an act or process of denoting |
| fatalism | a doctrine that events are fixed in advance so that human beings are powerless to change them |
| threat | an expression of intention to inflict evil, injury, or damage |
| ruse | a wily subterfuge |
| shackle | something (such as a manacle or fetter) that confines the legs or arms |
| piquant | engagingly provocative |
| poseur | a person who pretends to be what he or she is not : an affected or insincere person |