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 |
|---|---|
| repudiate | to refuse to accept |
| metaphor | a figure of speech in which a word or phrase literally denoting one kind of object or idea is used in place of another to suggest a likeness or analogy between them (as in drowning in money) |
| lineaments | an outline, feature, or contour of a body or figure and especially of a face |
| reinstate | to place again (as in possession or in a former position) |
| extirpate | to destroy completely : wipe out |
| shade | comparative darkness or obscurity owing to interception of the rays of light |
| hieroglyphic | written in, constituting, or belonging to a system of writing mainly in pictorial characters |
| abstemious | marked by restraint especially in the eating of food or drinking of alcohol |
| improvise | to compose, recite, play, or sing extemporaneously |
| ravage | an act or practice of ravaging |