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 |
|---|---|
| prosperity | the condition of being successful or thriving |
| importune | to press or urge with troublesome persistence |
| attribute | a quality, character, or characteristic ascribed to someone or something |
| sleight | deceitful craftiness |
| simile | a figure of speech comparing two unlike things that is often introduced by like or as (as in cheeks like roses) compare metaphor |
| lode | waterway |
| execrate | to declare to be evil or detestable : denounce |
| riddle | a mystifying, misleading, or puzzling question posed as a problem to be solved or guessed : conundrum |
| purge | to clear of guilt |
| imprudent | not prudent : lacking discretion, wisdom, or good judgment |