GRE Word List
ANTIQUITY
ancient times
The meaning of the word antiquity is ancient times.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| distract | to draw or direct (something, such as someone's attention) to a different object or in different directions at the same time |
| beneficent | doing or producing good |
| retaliate | to return like for like |
| cite | to call upon officially or authoritatively to appear (as before a court) |
| shift | to exchange for or replace by another : change |
| embody | to give a body to (a spirit) : incarnate |
| enlist | to secure the support and aid of : employ in advancing an interest |
| boorish | resembling or befitting a rude or insensitive person : resembling or befitting a boor |
| provenance | origin |
| astringent | causing a tightening of soft organic tissues : styptic |