GRE Word List
ANACHRONISM
an error in chronology
The meaning of the word anachronism is an error in chronology.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| recluse | marked by withdrawal from society : solitary |
| solvent | able to pay all legal debts |
| artifacts | a usually simple object (such as a tool or ornament) showing human workmanship or modification as distinguished from a natural object |
| bargain | an agreement between parties settling what each gives or receives in a transaction between them or what course of action or policy each pursues in respect to the other |
| fleet | a number of warships under a single command |
| homage | a feudal ceremony by which a man acknowledges himself the vassal of a lord |
| vie | to strive for superiority : contend |
| molt | to shed hair, feathers, shell, horns, or an outer layer periodically |
| abstinence | the practice of abstaining from something : the practice of not doing or having something that is wanted or enjoyable |
| reminiscence | apprehension of a Platonic idea as if it had been known in a previous existence |