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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| atavism | recurrence in an organism of a trait or character typical of an ancestral form and usually due to genetic recombination |
| subordinate | placed in or occupying a lower class, rank, or position : inferior |
| tactile | perceptible by touch : tangible |
| consensus | general agreement : unanimity |
| angular | forming an angle : sharp-cornered |
| dispel | to drive away or cause to vanish by or as if by scattering : dissipate |
| retrograde | having or being motion in a direction contrary to that of the general motion of similar bodies and especially east to west among the stars |
| voyeur | someone who obtains sexual gratification from observing unsuspecting individuals who are partly undressed, naked, or engaged in sexual acts |
| receptive | able or inclined to receive |
| tyro | a beginner in learning : novice |