GRE Word List

ANTIQUITY

ancient times

The meaning of the word antiquity is ancient times.

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WordMeaning
unassumingnot assuming : modest
alchemya medieval chemical science and speculative philosophy aiming to achieve the transmutation of the base metals into gold, the discovery of a universal cure for disease, and the discovery of a means of indefinitely prolonging life
devoutcommitted or devoted to religion or to religious duties or exercises
expiateto make amends for
effeteno longer fertile
propensityan often intense natural inclination or preference
vernacularusing a language or dialect native to a region or country rather than a literary, cultured, or foreign language
inertlacking the power to move
interveneto occur, fall, or come between points of time or events
reprehensibleworthy of or deserving reprehension : culpable