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 |
|---|---|
| willful | obstinately and often perversely self-willed |
| qualify | to reduce from a general to a particular or restricted form : modify |
| orientation | the act or process of orienting or of being oriented |
| brevity | shortness of duration |
| malaise | an indefinite feeling of debility or lack of health often indicative of or accompanying the onset of an illness |
| unbridled | unrestrained |
| slack | not using due diligence, care, or dispatch : negligent |
| intoxicate | to excite or stupefy by alcohol or a drug especially to the point where physical and mental control is markedly diminished |
| portend | to give an omen or anticipatory sign of |
| antediluvian | of or relating to the period before the flood described in the Bible |