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 |
|---|---|
| fervent | very hot : glowing |
| criteria | a standard on which a judgment or decision may be based |
| fringe | an ornamental border consisting of short straight or twisted threads or strips hanging from cut or raveled edges or from a separate band |
| verbiage | a profusion of words usually of little or obscure content |
| rehabilitate | to restore to a former capacity : reinstate |
| attrition | sorrow for one's sins that arises from a motive other than that of the love of God |
| rife | prevalent especially to an increasing degree |
| perpetrate | to bring about or carry out (something, such as a crime or deception) : commit |
| marsupial | any of an order (Marsupialia) of mammals comprising kangaroos, wombats, bandicoots, opossums, and related animals that do not develop a true placenta and that usually have a pouch on the abdomen of the female which covers the teats and serves to carry the young |
| discerning | showing insight and understanding : discriminating |