GRE Word List
ARTIFACTS
object made by human beings, either hand-made or mass-produced
The meaning of the word artifacts is object made by human beings, either hand-made or mass-produced.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| gape | open widely; open the mouth wide; stare wonderingly with the mouth open; CF. agape |
| tarnish | make or become dull or discolored; N. |
| raze | destroy completely; Ex. raze the city to the ground |
| avalanche | great mass of falling snow and ice |
| raffle | lottery; V: award as a prize in a raffle; Ex. raffle off a new car |
| perversion | corruption; turning from right to wrong |
| reverend | deserving reverence; N: priest |
| opalescent | iridescent; lustrous; like an opal; N. opalescence |
| milieu | social environment; means of expression; Ex. feel out of one's milieu; Ex. His proper milieu is watercolor. |
| carat | unit of weight for precious stones; measure of the purity of gold |
