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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|---|---|
| improvident | not provident : not foreseeing and providing for the future |
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| terminology | the technical or special terms used in a business, art, science, or special subject |
| ultimate | last in a progression or series : final |
| distinctive | marking as separate or different : serving to distinguish |
| compunction | anxiety arising from awareness of guilt |
| detonation | the action or process of detonating |
| colossus | a statue of gigantic size and proportions |
| circumlocution | the use of an unnecessarily large number of words to express an idea |
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