GRE Word List
ANACHRONISM
an error in chronology
The meaning of the word anachronism is an error in chronology.
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|---|---|
| infinitesimal | immeasurably or incalculably small |
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| autopsy | an examination of a body after death to determine the cause of death or the character and extent of changes produced by disease |
| monograph | a learned treatise on a small area of learning |
| methodical | arranged, characterized by, or performed with method or order |
| hoary | gray or white with or as if with age |
| august | marked by majestic dignity or grandeur |
| spoonerism | a transposition of usually initial sounds of two or more words (as in tons of soil for sons of toil) |
| ravage | an act or practice of ravaging |
| lot | an object used as a counter in determining a question by chance see also throw in one's lot with |