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
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| pharisaical | marked by hypocritical censorious self-righteousness |
| studied | carefully considered or prepared : thoughtful |
| rampart | a protective barrier : bulwark |
| shyster | a person who is professionally unscrupulous especially in the practice of law or politics : pettifogger |
| terminal | leading ultimately to death : fatal |
| sacrilegious | committing or characterized by sacrilege : having or showing a lack of proper respect for a sacred person, place, or object |
| materialism | a theory that physical matter is the only or fundamental reality and that all being and processes and phenomena can be explained as manifestations or results of matter (see matter |
| snub | to check or stop with a cutting retort : rebuke |
| germinal | being in the earliest stage of development |
| bemused | marked by confusion or bewilderment : dazed |