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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alliteration | the repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables (such as wild and woolly, threatening throngs) |
surge | to rise and fall actively : toss |
opulence | wealth |
exhilarating | causing strong feelings of happy excitement and elation : thrilling |
phlegmatic | resembling, consisting of, or producing the humor phlegm |
incognito | with one's identity concealed |
cognizance | a distinguishing mark or emblem (such as a heraldic bearing) |
finished | entirely done |
imperious | marked by arrogant assurance : domineering |
pith | a usually continuous central strand of spongy tissue in the stems of most vascular plants that probably functions chiefly in storage |