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.

Random words

WordMeaning
bluffhaving a broad flattened front
oddsthe probability that one thing is so or will happen rather than another : chances
takeoffa rise or leap from a surface in making a jump or flight or an ascent in an aircraft or in the launching of a rocket
assertto state or declare positively and often forcefully or aggressively
perspicuousplain to the understanding especially because of clarity and precision of presentation
tenacitythe quality or state of being tenacious
similea figure of speech comparing two unlike things that is often introduced by like or as (as in cheeks like roses) compare metaphor
compileto compose out of materials from other documents
grouseany of various chiefly ground-dwelling birds (family Tetraonidae) that are usually of reddish-brown or other protective color and have feathered legs and that include many important game birds
disarraya lack of order or sequence : confusion