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 |
|---|---|
| adjacent | not distant : nearby |
| superannuated | outmoded |
| pluck | to pull or pick off or out |
| dossier | a file containing detailed records on a particular person or subject |
| protract | to prolong in time or space : continue |
| causal | expressing or indicating cause : causative |
| demotic | of, relating to, or written in a simplified form of the ancient Egyptian hieratic writing |
| prolific | producing young or fruit especially freely : fruitful |
| conspiracy | the act of conspiring together |
| indigence | a level of poverty in which real hardship and deprivation are suffered and comforts of life are wholly lacking |