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 |
|---|---|
| gauche | lacking social experience or grace |
| malignant | tending to produce death or deterioration |
| abode | the place where one lives : home |
| quisling | traitor |
| heresy | adherence to a religious opinion contrary to church dogma (see dogma |
| buccaneer | any of the freebooters preying on Spanish ships and settlements especially in 17th century West Indies |
| coeval | of the same or equal age, antiquity, or duration |
| bereaved | suffering the death of a loved one |
| trough | a long shallow often V-shaped receptacle for the drinking water or feed of domestic animals |
| authoritarian | of, relating to, or favoring blind submission to authority |