GRE Word List
ARTIFACTS
a usually simple object (such as a tool or ornament) showing human workmanship or modification as distinguished from a natural object
The meaning of the word artifacts is a usually simple object (such as a tool or ornament) showing human workmanship or modification as distinguished from a natural object.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| ethnic | of or relating to large groups of people classed according to common racial, national, tribal, religious, linguistic, or cultural origin or background |
| jetsam | the part of a ship, its equipment, or its cargo that is cast overboard to lighten the load in time of distress and that sinks or is washed ashore |
| retrieve | to locate and bring in (killed or wounded game) |
| remote | separated by an interval or space greater than usual |
| intervene | to occur, fall, or come between points of time or events |
| frail | easily led into evil |
| patina | a usually green film formed naturally on copper and bronze by long exposure or artificially (as by acids) and often valued aesthetically for its color |
| revelry | noisy partying or merrymaking |
| vain | having or showing undue or excessive pride in one's appearance or achievements : conceited |
| cursive | running |