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 |
|---|---|
| penury | a cramping and oppressive lack of resources (such as money) |
| irreconcilable | impossible to reconcile |
| ram | a male sheep |
| crevice | a narrow opening resulting from a split or crack (as in a cliff) : fissure |
| precise | exactly or sharply defined or stated |
| constituent | a member of a constituency |
| spoonerism | a transposition of usually initial sounds of two or more words (as in tons of soil for sons of toil) |
| lethargic | of, relating to, or characterized by laziness or lack of energy : feeling or affected by lethargy : sluggish |
| tension | inner striving, unrest, or imbalance often with physiological indication of emotion |
| expenditure | the act or process of expending |