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 |
|---|---|
| authenticate | to prove or serve to prove to be real, true, or genuine |
| historic | historical |
| implicate | to bring into intimate or incriminating connection |
| abscission | the act or process of cutting off : removal |
| oblivion | the fact or condition of not remembering : a state marked by lack of awareness or consciousness |
| acrophobia | abnormal dread of being in a high place : fear of heights |
| temporal | of or relating to time as opposed to eternity |
| ursine | of or relating to a bear or the bear family (Ursidae) |
| prance | to spring from the hind legs or move by so doing |
| shoddy | a reclaimed wool from materials that are not felted that is of better quality and longer staple than mungo |