GRE Word List
ANTIQUITY
ancient times
The meaning of the word antiquity is ancient times.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| ulcer | a break in skin or mucous membrane with loss of surface tissue, disintegration and necrosis of epithelial tissue, and often pus |
| sprightly | marked by a gay lightness and vivacity : spirited |
| freebooter | pirate |
| novice | a person admitted to probationary membership in a religious community |
| demotic | of, relating to, or written in a simplified form of the ancient Egyptian hieratic writing |
| exceptionable | being likely to cause objection : objectionable |
| retrieve | to locate and bring in (killed or wounded game) |
| mutability | prone to change : inconstant |
| hermetic | of or relating to the mystical and alchemical writings or teachings arising in the first three centuries a.d. |
| prevail | to gain ascendancy through strength or superiority : triumph |