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 |
|---|---|
| verbose | containing more words than necessary : wordy |
| nettle | any of a genus (Urtica of the family Urticaceae, the nettle family) of chiefly coarse herbs armed with stinging hairs |
| pharisaical | marked by hypocritical censorious self-righteousness |
| trepidation | a nervous or fearful feeling of uncertain agitation : apprehension |
| forebears | ancestor |
| sleight | deceitful craftiness |
| mammoth | any of a genus (Mammuthus) of extinct Pleistocene mammals of the elephant family distinguished from recent elephants by highly ridged molars, usually large size, very long tusks that curve upward, and well-developed body hair |
| qualified | fitted (as by training or experience) for a given purpose : competent |
| interpolate | to alter or corrupt (something, such as a text) by inserting new or foreign matter |
| undertaker | one who undertakes : one who takes the risk and management of business : entrepreneur |