GRE Word List
ANACHRONISM
an error in chronology
The meaning of the word anachronism is an error in chronology.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| impious | not pious : lacking in reverence or proper respect (as for God or one's parents) : irreverent |
| countermand | to revoke (a command) by a contrary order |
| sanctuary | a consecrated place: such as |
| olfactory | of or relating to the sense of smell |
| furrow | a trench in the earth made by a plow |
| dire | exciting horror |
| bearing | the manner in which one behaves or comports oneself : the manner in which one bears (see bear |
| figment | something made up or contrived |
| penetrate | to pass into or through |
| temper | heat of mind or emotion : proneness to anger : passion |