GRE Word List
ANACHRONISM
an error in chronology
The meaning of the word anachronism is an error in chronology.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| pell-mell | in mingled confusion or disorder |
| extrinsic | not forming part of or belonging to a thing : extraneous |
| effusion | an act of effusing |
| leave-taking | departure |
| abstruse | difficult to comprehend : recondite |
| recession | the act or action of receding : withdrawal |
| aghast | struck with terror, amazement, or horror : shocked and upset |
| shambles | a meat market |
| attenuate | to lessen the amount, force, magnitude, or value of : weaken |
| arrhythmic | lacking rhythm or regularity |