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.
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| Word | Meaning |
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| palate | the roof of the mouth separating the mouth from the nasal cavity see hard palate |
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| parish | the ecclesiastical unit of area committed to one pastor |
| capacious | containing or capable of containing a great deal |
| hindsight | perception of the nature of an event after it has happened |
| exquisite | marked by flawless craftsmanship or by beautiful, ingenious, delicate, or elaborate execution |
| stoic | a member of a school of philosophy founded by Zeno of Citium about 300 b.c. |
| hirsute | hairy |
| bicker | petulant quarreling : altercation |
| skim | to clear (a liquid) of scum or floating substance |