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 |
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| holster | a leather or fabric case for carrying a firearm on the person (as on the hip or chest), on a saddle, or in a vehicle |
| haphazard | marked by lack of plan, order, or direction |
| unction | the act of anointing as a rite of consecration or healing |
| lope | an easy natural gait of a horse resembling a canter |
| frolic | full of fun : merry |
| hoodwink | to deceive by false appearance : dupe |
| viscous | having a thick or sticky consistency : viscid |
| crabbed | marked by a forbidding moroseness |
| abode | the place where one lives : home |
| droop | to hang or incline downward |