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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centripetal | proceeding or acting in a direction toward a center or axis |
ambrosia | the food of the Greek and Roman gods |
satiate | filled to satiety |
fiasco | a complete failure |
screech | a high shrill piercing cry usually expressing pain or terror |
peevish | querulous in temperament or mood : fretful |
suffocate | to stop the respiration of (as by strangling or asphyxiation) |
ephemeral | lasting a very short time |
dysentery | a disease characterized by severe diarrhea with passage of mucus and blood and usually caused by infection |
mandatory | required by a law or rule : obligatory |