GRE Word List
ANACHRONISM
an error in chronology
The meaning of the word anachronism is an error in chronology.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| incredulity | the quality or state of being incredulous : disbelief |
| chronic | continuing or occurring again and again for a long time |
| static | exerting force by reason of weight alone without motion |
| circuitous | having a circular or winding course |
| propound | to offer for discussion or consideration |
| protege | one who is protected or trained or whose career is furthered by a person of experience, prominence, or influence |
| purgatory | an intermediate state after death for expiatory purification |
| melee | a confused struggle |
| glamor | an exciting and often illusory and romantic attractiveness |
| somatic | of, relating to, or affecting the body especially as distinguished from the germplasm |