GRE Word List
ANTIQUITY
ancient times
The meaning of the word antiquity is ancient times.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| unassuming | not assuming : modest |
| alchemy | a 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 |
| devout | committed or devoted to religion or to religious duties or exercises |
| expiate | to make amends for |
| effete | no longer fertile |
| propensity | an often intense natural inclination or preference |
| vernacular | using a language or dialect native to a region or country rather than a literary, cultured, or foreign language |
| inert | lacking the power to move |
| intervene | to occur, fall, or come between points of time or events |
| reprehensible | worthy of or deserving reprehension : culpable |