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 |
|---|---|
| navigable | deep enough and wide enough to afford passage to ships |
| recondite | difficult or impossible for one of ordinary understanding or knowledge to comprehend : deep |
| cabal | the contrived schemes of a group of persons secretly united in a plot (as to overturn a government) |
| bequeath | to give or leave by will (see will |
| prepossessing | creating prejudice |
| incendiary | igniting combustible materials spontaneously |
| rip | to tear or split apart or open |
| amphitheater | an oval or circular building with rising tiers of seats ranged about an open space and used in ancient Rome especially for contests and spectacles |
| incongruity | the quality or state of being incongruous |
| pulsate | to throb or move rhythmically : vibrate |