GRE Word List
ANACHRONISM
an error in chronology
The meaning of the word anachronism is an error in chronology.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| murmur | a half-suppressed or muttered complaint : grumbling |
| contiguous | being in actual contact : touching along a boundary or at a point |
| encipher | to convert (a message) into cipher |
| hindmost | farthest to the rear : last |
| tribune | a Roman official under the monarchy and the republic with the function of protecting the plebeian citizen from arbitrary action by the patrician magistrates |
| adjacent | not distant : nearby |
| prescience | foreknowledge of events: |
| sterile | failing to bear or incapable of producing fruit or spores |
| permeable | capable of being permeated : penetrable |
| wisp | a small handful (as of hay or straw) |