GRE Word List
ANACHRONISM
an error in chronology
The meaning of the word anachronism is an error in chronology.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| extirpate | to destroy completely : wipe out |
| squeamish | easily nauseated : queasy |
| capacity | legal competency (see competence |
| flirt | to move erratically : flit |
| miniature | a copy on a much reduced scale |
| reproach | an expression of rebuke or disapproval |
| defection | conscious abandonment of allegiance or duty (as to a person, cause, or doctrine) : desertion |
| manifold | marked by diversity or variety |
| compress | to press or squeeze together |
| ablution | the washing of one's body or part of it (as in a religious rite) |