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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| centripetal | proceeding or acting in a direction toward a center or axis |
| enduring | lasting |
| discourse | verbal interchange of ideas |
| pragmatic | relating to matters of fact or practical affairs often to the exclusion of intellectual or artistic matters : practical as opposed to idealistic |
| rag | a waste piece of cloth |
| acrid | sharp and harsh or unpleasantly pungent in taste or odor : irritating |
| conjure | to charge or entreat earnestly or solemnly |
| affront | to insult especially to the face by behavior or language |
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |
| skirmish | a minor fight in war usually incidental to larger movements |