GRE Word List
ANACHRONISM
an error in chronology
The meaning of the word anachronism is an error in chronology.
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alias | otherwise called : otherwise known as |
penury | a cramping and oppressive lack of resources (such as money) |
ponderous | of very great weight |
nettle | any of a genus (Urtica of the family Urticaceae, the nettle family) of chiefly coarse herbs armed with stinging hairs |
draft | the act of drawing or pulling in a net |
derelict | abandoned especially by the owner or occupant |
lineaments | an outline, feature, or contour of a body or figure and especially of a face |
emaciated | very thin and feeble especially from lack of nutrition or illness |
inverse | opposite in order, nature, or effect |
inarticulate | incapable of giving coherent, clear, or effective expression to one's ideas or feelings |