GRE Word List
ANNALS
a record of events arranged in yearly sequence
The meaning of the word annals is a record of events arranged in yearly sequence.
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| restitution | an act of restoring or a condition of being restored: such as |
| tantalize | to tease or torment by or as if by presenting something desirable to the view but continually keeping it out of reach |
| composure | a calmness or repose especially of mind, bearing, or appearance : self-possession |
| ballast | a heavy substance (such as rocks or water) placed in such a way as to improve stability and control (as of the draft of a ship or the buoyancy of a balloon or submarine) |
| daunt | to lessen the courage of : cow |
| etymology | the history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language |
| jaunt | a usually short journey or excursion undertaken especially for pleasure |
| abode | the place where one lives : home |
| adore | to worship or honor as a deity or as divine |
| boorish | resembling or befitting a rude or insensitive person : resembling or befitting a boor |