GRE Word List
ANTIQUITY
quality of being very old; ancient times;
The meaning of the word antiquity is quality of being very old; ancient times; .
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| parlance | language; manner of speaking; idiom; Ex. in legal/common parlance |
| chancellor | legal official of high rank; CF. chancellery(chancellory): position of a chancellor |
| infringe | violate (a law); encroach (the right of another person) |
| aspersion | slanderous remark; Ex. cast aspersions on |
| cadaver | corpse; dead human body |
| progenitor | ancestor |
| gossamer | sheer; very light; like cobwebs; N: soft and sheer fabric; cobweb |
| mobile | movable; not fixed; N. mobility |
| context | writings preceding and following the passage quoted; circumstance in which an event occurs |
| meager | scanty; inadequate |
