GRE Word List
ANACHRONISM
an error in chronology
The meaning of the word anachronism is an error in chronology.
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embroider | to ornament with needlework |
astute | having or showing shrewdness and an ability to notice and understand things clearly : mentally sharp or clever |
demotic | of, relating to, or written in a simplified form of the ancient Egyptian hieratic writing |
rancor | bitter deep-seated ill will |
procurement | the act or process of procuring |
habituate | to make used to something : accustom |
exhume | disinter |
varnish | a liquid preparation that when applied to a surface dries to form a hard lustrous typically transparent coating |
preempt | to acquire (something, such as land) by preemption |
cumbersome | unwieldy because of heaviness and bulk |