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 |
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| rancid | having an unpleasant smell or taste usually from chemical change or decomposition |
| anarchist | a person who rebels against any authority, established order, or ruling power |
| grudge | to be unwilling to give or admit : give or allow reluctantly or resentfully |
| effigy | an image or representation especially of a person |
| pestle | a usually club-shaped implement for pounding or grinding substances in a mortar see mortar illustration |
| analogous | similar or comparable to something else either in general or in some specific detail |
| nettle | any of a genus (Urtica of the family Urticaceae, the nettle family) of chiefly coarse herbs armed with stinging hairs |
| mosaic | a surface decoration made by inlaying small pieces of variously colored material to form pictures or patterns |
| squat | to cause (oneself) to crouch or sit on the ground |
| recital | a detailed account : enumeration |