GRE Word List
ANTHOLOGY
a collection of selected literary pieces or passages or works of art or music
The meaning of the word anthology is a collection of selected literary pieces or passages or works of art or music.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| predispose | to dispose in advance |
| odious | arousing or deserving hatred or repugnance : hateful |
| vernacular | using a language or dialect native to a region or country rather than a literary, cultured, or foreign language |
| ravine | a small narrow steep-sided valley that is larger than a gully and smaller than a canyon and that is usually worn by running water |
| perquisite | a privilege, gain, or profit incidental to regular salary or wages |
| incontinent | not continent: such as |
| filibuster | an irregular military adventurer |
| purgatory | an intermediate state after death for expiatory purification |
| queue | a braid of hair usually worn hanging at the back of the head |
| sturdy | firmly built or constituted : stout |