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 |
|---|---|
| adversity | a state or instance of serious or continued difficulty or misfortune |
| sacrosanct | most sacred or holy : inviolable |
| plebiscite | a vote by which the people of an entire country or district express an opinion for or against a proposal especially on a choice of government or ruler |
| juridical | of or relating to the administration of justice or the office of a judge |
| vendetta | blood feud |
| centigrade | relating to, conforming to, or having a thermometric scale on which the interval between the freezing point of water and the boiling point of water is divided into 100 degrees with 0° representing the freezing point and 100° the boiling point |
| contention | a point advanced or maintained in a debate or argument |
| effervescence | the property of forming bubbles : the action or process of effervescing |
| parable | a usually short fictitious story that illustrates a moral attitude or a religious principle |
| apotheosis | the perfect form or example of something : quintessence |