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 |
|---|---|
| archetype | the original pattern or model of which all things of the same type are representations or copies : prototype |
| muggy | being warm, damp, and close |
| queasy | causing nausea |
| resonant | continuing to sound : echoing |
| clap | to strike (two things, such as two flat, hard surfaces) together so as to produce a sharp percussive noise |
| recourse | a turning to someone or something for help or protection |
| regime | regimen |
| demolition | the act of demolishing |
| inimical | being adverse often by reason of hostility or malevolence |
| alchemy | a medieval chemical science and speculative philosophy aiming to achieve the transmutation of the base metals into gold, the discovery of a universal cure for disease, and the discovery of a means of indefinitely prolonging life |