GRE Word List
ANACHRONISM
an error in chronology
The meaning of the word anachronism is an error in chronology.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| unearth | to dig up out of or as if out of the earth : exhume |
| credence | mental acceptance as true or real |
| convention | agreement |
| straggle | to wander from the direct course or way : rove |
| retrospective | of, relating to, or given to retrospection |
| 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 |
| eccentric | deviating from conventional or accepted usage or conduct especially in odd or whimsical ways |
| premise | a proposition antecedently supposed or proved as a basis of argument or inference |
| bridle | the headgear with which a horse is governed and which carries a bit (see bit |
| anoint | to smear or rub with oil or an oily substance |