GRE Word List
ANACHRONISM
an error in chronology
The meaning of the word anachronism is an error in chronology.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| quay | a structure built parallel to the bank of a waterway for use as a landing place |
| pernicious | highly injurious or destructive : deadly |
| curb | an edging (as of concrete) built along a street to form part of a gutter |
| crabbed | marked by a forbidding moroseness |
| dominant | commanding, controlling, or prevailing over all others |
| motley | variegated in color |
| loquacious | full of excessive talk : wordy |
| automaton | a mechanism that is relatively self-operating |
| syllogism | a deductive scheme of a formal argument consisting of a major and a minor premise and a conclusion (as in "every virtue is laudable; kindness is a virtue; therefore kindness is laudable") |
| maroon | a dark red |