GRE Word List
ANACHRONISM
an error in chronology
The meaning of the word anachronism is an error in chronology.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| tan | to make (skin) tan especially by exposure to the sun |
| appreciate | to grasp the nature, worth, quality, or significance of |
| comestible | edible |
| totter | to move unsteadily : stagger |
| multilingual | of, having, or expressed in several languages |
| supernumerary | exceeding the usual, stated, or prescribed number |
| atavism | recurrence in an organism of a trait or character typical of an ancestral form and usually due to genetic recombination |
| ascertain | to find out or learn with certainty |
| dilatory | tending or intended to cause delay |
| ashen | of, relating to, or made from ash wood |