GRE Word List
ANACHRONISM
an error in chronology
The meaning of the word anachronism is an error in chronology.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| craft | skill in planning, making, or executing : dexterity |
| tether | a line (as of rope or chain) by which an animal is fastened so as to restrict its range of movement |
| impuissance | weakness |
| ignominy | deep personal humiliation and disgrace |
| weird | of strange or extraordinary character : odd |
| unfaltering | not wavering or weakening : firm |
| reduce | to draw together or cause to converge : consolidate |
| embody | to give a body to (a spirit) : incarnate |
| polarity | the quality or condition inherent in a body that exhibits opposite properties or powers in opposite parts or directions or that exhibits contrasted properties or powers in contrasted parts or directions : the condition of having poles |
| reminiscent | of the character of or relating to reminiscence |