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 |
|---|---|
| overthrow | overturn |
| embody | to give a body to (a spirit) : incarnate |
| beholden | being under obligation for a favor or gift : indebted |
| hortatory | hortative |
| shoddy | a reclaimed wool from materials that are not felted that is of better quality and longer staple than mungo |
| doddering | feeble |
| swamp | a wetland often partially or intermittently covered with water |
| deadlock | a state of inaction or neutralization resulting from the opposition of equally powerful uncompromising persons or factions : standstill |
| loft | an upper room or floor : attic |
| capsize | to cause to overturn |