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 |
|---|---|
| clap | to strike (two things, such as two flat, hard surfaces) together so as to produce a sharp percussive noise |
| prestige | standing or estimation in the eyes of people : weight or credit in general opinion |
| nostrum | a medicine of secret composition recommended by its preparer but usually without scientific proof of its effectiveness |
| sleeper | one that sleeps |
| peevish | querulous in temperament or mood : fretful |
| maculated | marked with spots : blotched |
| rhapsody | a portion of an epic poem adapted for recitation |
| materialism | a theory that physical matter is the only or fundamental reality and that all being and processes and phenomena can be explained as manifestations or results of matter (see matter |
| desecrate | to violate the sanctity of : profane |
| frantic | emotionally out of control |