GRE Word List
ANACHRONISM
an error in chronology
The meaning of the word anachronism is an error in chronology.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| soporific | causing or tending to cause sleep |
| accoutre | to provide with equipment or furnishings : outfit |
| beguile | hoodwink |
| sublime | to cause to pass directly from the solid to the vapor state and condense back to solid form |
| impale | to pierce with or as if with something pointed |
| estimable | capable of being estimated |
| exhilarating | causing strong feelings of happy excitement and elation : thrilling |
| suavity | smoothly though often superficially gracious and sophisticated |
| distract | to draw or direct (something, such as someone's attention) to a different object or in different directions at the same time |
| credential | warranting credit or confidence |