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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| Word | Meaning |
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| remunerative | serving to remunerate |
| vaunted | highly or widely praised or boasted about |
| spatial | relating to, occupying, or having the character of space |
| effulgent | radiant splendor : brilliance |
| maniacal | affected with or suggestive of madness |
| awry | off the correct or expected course : amiss |
| explicit | fully revealed or expressed without vagueness, implication, or ambiguity : leaving no question as to meaning or intent |
| conversant | having knowledge or experience |
| secrete | to form and give off (a secretion) |
| arch- | a typically curved structural member spanning an opening and serving as a support (as for the wall or other weight above the opening) |