GRE Word List

ANACHRONISM

an error in chronology

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

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WordMeaning
willfulobstinately and often perversely self-willed
qualifyto reduce from a general to a particular or restricted form : modify
orientationthe act or process of orienting or of being oriented
brevityshortness of duration
malaisean indefinite feeling of debility or lack of health often indicative of or accompanying the onset of an illness
unbridledunrestrained
slacknot using due diligence, care, or dispatch : negligent
intoxicateto excite or stupefy by alcohol or a drug especially to the point where physical and mental control is markedly diminished
portendto give an omen or anticipatory sign of
antediluvianof or relating to the period before the flood described in the Bible