GRE Word List
ANTIQUITY
ancient times
The meaning of the word antiquity is ancient times.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| yoke | a wooden bar or frame by which two draft animals (such as oxen) are joined at the heads or necks for working together |
| lance | a steel-tipped spear carried by mounted knights or light cavalry |
| loath | unwilling to do something contrary to one's ways of thinking : reluctant |
| amnesia | loss of memory due usually to brain injury, shock, fatigue, repression, or illness |
| compulsory | mandatory |
| purport | to have the often specious appearance of being, intending, or claiming (something implied or inferred) |
| jargon | the technical terminology or characteristic idiom of a special activity or group |
| slew | a large number |
| conjecture | inference formed without proof or sufficient evidence |
| distill | to let fall, exude, or precipitate (see precipitate |