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.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| impious | not pious : lacking in reverence or proper respect (as for God or one's parents) : irreverent |
| permeable | capable of being permeated : penetrable |
| collate | to compare critically |
| hoary | gray or white with or as if with age |
| dissection | the act or process of dissecting : the state of being dissected |
| oratorio | a lengthy choral work usually of a religious nature consisting chiefly of recitatives, arias, and choruses without action or scenery |
| uninhibited | free from inhibition |
| sobriety | the quality or state of being sober |
| buccaneer | any of the freebooters preying on Spanish ships and settlements especially in 17th century West Indies |
| complaisant | marked by an inclination to please or oblige |