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 |
|---|---|
| syllogism | a deductive scheme of a formal argument consisting of a major and a minor premise and a conclusion (as in "every virtue is laudable; kindness is a virtue; therefore kindness is laudable") |
| gruel | a thin porridge |
| reconnaissance | a preliminary survey to gain information |
| gallows | a frame usually of two upright posts and a transverse beam from which criminals are hanged |
| turpitude | inherent baseness : depravity |
| nebulous | of, relating to, or resembling a nebula : nebular |
| pedantic | of, relating to, or being a pedant |
| concordat | compact |
| dotage | a state or period of senile decay marked by decline of mental poise and alertness |
| begrudge | to give or concede reluctantly or with displeasure |