GRE Word List
ANTIQUITY
ancient times
The meaning of the word antiquity is ancient times.
Random words
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| random | a haphazard course |
| masquerade | a social gathering of persons wearing masks and often fantastic costumes |
| haggle | to cut roughly or clumsily : hack |
| cataclysm | flood |
| aquiline | curving like an eagle's beak |
| translucent | permitting the passage of light: |
| bode | to indicate (something, such as a future event) by signs : presage |
| bandy | to discuss lightly or banteringly |
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