GRE Word List
ANTIQUITY
ancient times
The meaning of the word antiquity is ancient times.
Random words
Word | Meaning |
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forbearance | a refraining from the enforcement of something (such as a debt, right, or obligation) that is due |
reprisal | a retaliatory act |
historical | of, relating to, or having the character of history |
embroider | to ornament with needlework |
imponderable | not ponderable : incapable of being weighed or evaluated with exactness |
ordeal | a primitive means used to determine guilt or innocence by submitting the accused to dangerous or painful tests believed to be under supernatural control |
compliance | the act or process of complying to a desire, demand, proposal, or regimen or to coercion |
outspoken | direct and open in speech or expression : frank |
opportunist | one that is opportunistic or that practices opportunism |
high-flown | exceedingly or excessively high or favorable |