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 |
|---|---|
| pertinent | having a clear decisive relevance to the matter in hand |
| ecliptic | of or relating to the ecliptic or an eclipse |
| facade | the front of a building |
| hurl | rush |
| heterodox | contrary to or different from an acknowledged standard, a traditional form, or an established religion : unorthodox |
| cabal | the contrived schemes of a group of persons secretly united in a plot (as to overturn a government) |
| disconsolate | cheerless |
| acoustics | a science that deals with the production, control, transmission, reception, and effects of sound |
| igneous | formed by solidification of magma |
| screech | a high shrill piercing cry usually expressing pain or terror |