GRE Word List
ANTIQUITY
ancient times
The meaning of the word antiquity is ancient times.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| pliable | supple enough to bend freely or repeatedly without breaking |
| caliber | degree of mental capacity or moral quality |
| libido | instinctual psychic energy that in psychoanalytic theory is derived from primitive biological urges (as for sexual pleasure or self-preservation) and that is expressed in conscious activity |
| beneficiary | a person or thing that receives help or an advantage from something : one that benefits from something |
| limn | to draw or paint on a surface |
| impel | to urge or drive forward or on by or as if by the exertion of strong moral pressure : force |
| seismic | of, subject to, or caused by an earthquake |
| yore | time past and especially long past |
| stifle | to withhold from circulation or expression |
| spoilsport | one who spoils the sport or pleasure of others |