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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| discrete | constituting a separate entity : individually distinct |
| proliferate | to grow by rapid production of new parts, cells, buds, or offspring |
| credulity | readiness or willingness to believe especially on slight or uncertain evidence |
| doctrinaire | stubbornly or excessively devoted to a doctrine or theory without regard to practical considerations |
| variegated | having discrete markings of different colors |
| strident | characterized by harsh, insistent, and discordant sound |
| peon | any of various workers in India, Sri Lanka, or Malaysia: such as |
| musky | having an odor of or resembling musk |
| extrinsic | not forming part of or belonging to a thing : extraneous |
| confine | something (such as borders or walls) that encloses |