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 |
|---|---|
| incidence | rate of occurrence or influence |
| incantation | a use of spells or verbal charms spoken or sung as a part of a ritual of magic |
| masochist | a person who derives sexual gratification from being subjected to physical pain or humiliation : an individual given to masochism |
| victuals | food usable by people |
| subsistence | real being : existence |
| legato | in a manner that is smooth and connected (as between successive tones) |
| grandiloquent | a lofty, extravagantly colorful, pompous, or bombastic style, manner, or quality especially in language |
| painstaking | taking pains : expending, showing, or involving diligent care and effort |
| lounge | to act or move idly or lazily : loaf |
| finicky | extremely or excessively particular, exacting, or meticulous in taste or standards |