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 |
|---|---|
| sodden | dull or expressionless especially from continued indulgence in alcoholic beverages |
| ostentatious | attracting or seeking to attract attention, admiration, or envy often by gaudiness or obviousness : overly elaborate or conspicuous : characterized by, fond of, or evincing ostentation |
| prognosis | the prospect of recovery as anticipated from the usual course of disease or peculiarities of the case |
| aptitude | inclination |
| circlet | a little circle |
| paucity | smallness of number : fewness |
| gaunt | excessively thin and angular |
| tertiary | of third rank, importance, or value |
| quaint | pleasingly or strikingly old-fashioned or unfamiliar |
| castrate | to deprive (a male animal or person) of the testes |