GRE Word List

ANACHRONISM

an error in chronology

The meaning of the word anachronism is an error in chronology.

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flotsamfloating wreckage of a ship or its cargo
prizesomething offered or striven for in competition or in contests of chance
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squashto press or beat into a pulp or a flat mass : crush