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 |
|---|---|
| firebrand | a piece of burning wood |
| phylum | a direct line of descent within a group |
| feebleminded | impaired in intellectual ability : affected with intellectual disability |
| energize | to make energetic, vigorous, or active |
| deadlock | a state of inaction or neutralization resulting from the opposition of equally powerful uncompromising persons or factions : standstill |
| preempt | to acquire (something, such as land) by preemption |
| temerity | unreasonable or foolhardy contempt of danger or opposition : rashness |
| scheme | a plan or program of action |
| phoenix | a legendary bird which according to one account lived 500 years, burned itself to ashes on a pyre, and rose alive from the ashes to live another period |
| consanguinity | the quality or state of being consanguineous |