GRE Word List
ARCHAEOLOGY
the scientific study of material remains (such as tools, pottery, jewelry, stone walls, and monuments) of past human life and activities
The meaning of the word archaeology is the scientific study of material remains (such as tools, pottery, jewelry, stone walls, and monuments) of past human life and activities.
Random words
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| overture | an initiative toward agreement or action : proposal |
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| exiguous | excessively scanty : inadequate |
| fanfare | a short and lively sounding of trumpets |
| nascent | coming or having recently come into existence |
| aggrandize | to make great or greater : increase |
| stentorian | extremely loud |
| aberration | the fact or an instance of deviating or being aberrant especially from a moral standard or normal state |
| prodigious | causing amazement or wonder |
| underhand | in a clandestine manner |