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.

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painstakingtaking pains : expending, showing, or involving diligent care and effort
adulterateto corrupt, debase, or make impure by the addition of a foreign or inferior substance or element
retroactiveextending in scope or effect to a prior time or to conditions that existed or originated in the past
prunea plum dried or capable of drying without fermentation
macerateto cause to waste away by or as if by excessive fasting
omniscienthaving infinite awareness, understanding, and insight
mortifyto subject to severe and vexing embarrassment : shame
despota ruler with absolute power and authority
tendermarked by, responding to, or expressing the softer emotions : fond
peripatetica follower of Aristotle or adherent of Aristotelianism