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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WordMeaning
skulduggeryunderhanded or unscrupulous behavior
dallyto act playfully
dinghya small boat carried on or towed behind a larger boat as a tender or a lifeboat
nepotismfavoritism (as in appointment to a job) based on kinship
sphinx-likeenigmatic; mysterious
derideto laugh at or insult contemptuously
practicablecapable of being put into practice or of being done or accomplished : feasible
garnerto gather into storage
cataracta clouding of the lens of the eye or of its surrounding transparent membrane that obstructs the passage of light
temporalof or relating to time as opposed to eternity