GRE Word List
ANACHRONISM
an error in chronology
The meaning of the word anachronism is an error in chronology.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| moribund | being in the state of dying : approaching death |
| nominal | of, relating to, or being a noun or a word or expression taking a noun construction |
| rejoinder | the defendant's answer to the plaintiff's replication |
| legislature | a body of persons having the power to legislate |
| astral | of, relating to, or coming from the stars |
| apiculture | the keeping of bees especially on a large scale |
| stem | the main trunk of a plant |
| precocious | exceptionally early in development or occurrence |
| cerebration | to use the mind : think |
| anthropoid | any of a suborder (Anthropoidea) of higher primates (such as macaques and marmosets) |