GRE Word List
ANTIQUITY
ancient times
The meaning of the word antiquity is ancient times.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| barrage | a dam placed in a watercourse to increase the depth of water or to divert it into a channel for navigation or irrigation |
| idyllic | pleasing or picturesque in natural simplicity |
| demotic | of, relating to, or written in a simplified form of the ancient Egyptian hieratic writing |
| gleam | a transient appearance of subdued or partly obscured light |
| inexorable | not to be persuaded, moved, or stopped : relentless |
| layman | a person who is not a member of the clergy |
| rightful | just |
| counterpart | one of two corresponding copies of a legal instrument : duplicate |
| politic | political |
| couple | two persons married, engaged, or otherwise romantically paired |