GRE Word List
ANACHRONISM
an error in chronology
The meaning of the word anachronism is an error in chronology.
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Word | Meaning |
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mannerism | exaggerated or affected (see affected |
filth | foul or putrid matter |
tertiary | of third rank, importance, or value |
billowing | wave |
chorus | a company of singers and dancers in Athenian drama participating in or commenting on the action |
ramshackle | appearing ready to collapse : rickety |
epoch | an event or a time marked by an event that begins a new period or development |
ferocious | exhibiting or given to extreme fierceness and unrestrained violence and brutality |
mimicry | an instance of mimicking |
secular | of or relating to the worldly or temporal |