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 |
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| syllogism | a deductive scheme of a formal argument consisting of a major and a minor premise and a conclusion (as in "every virtue is laudable; kindness is a virtue; therefore kindness is laudable") |
| effeminate | having feminine qualities untypical of a man : not manly in appearance or manner |
| figment | something made up or contrived |
| inherent | involved in the constitution or essential character of something : belonging by nature or habit : intrinsic |
| hypnosis | a trancelike state that resembles sleep but is induced by a person whose suggestions are readily accepted by the subject |
| trance | stupor |
| aphorism | a concise statement of a principle |
| splice | to unite (two ropes or two parts of a rope) by interweaving the strands |
| standstill | a state characterized by absence of motion or of progress : stop |
| cajole | to persuade with flattery or gentle urging especially in the face of reluctance : coax |