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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| mettle | vigor and strength of spirit or temperament (see temperament |
| fallacious | embodying a fallacy |
| noose | a loop with a slipknot that binds closer the more it is drawn |
| servitude | a condition in which one lacks liberty especially to determine one's course of action or way of life |
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| resourceful | able to meet situations : capable of devising ways and means |
| fluency | the quality or state of being fluent |
| impolitic | not politic : unwise |
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