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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| avocation | a subordinate occupation pursued in addition to one's vocation especially for enjoyment : hobby |
| forbearance | a refraining from the enforcement of something (such as a debt, right, or obligation) that is due |
| scapegoat | a goat upon whose head are symbolically placed the sins of the people after which he is sent into the wilderness in the biblical ceremony for Yom Kippur |
| jetsam | the part of a ship, its equipment, or its cargo that is cast overboard to lighten the load in time of distress and that sinks or is washed ashore |
| orthography | the art of writing words with the proper letters according to standard usage |
| cross | a structure consisting of an upright with a transverse beam used especially by the ancient Romans for execution |
| coquette | a woman who endeavors without sincere affection to gain the attention and admiration of men |
| pretension | an allegation of doubtful value : pretext |
| libido | instinctual psychic energy that in psychoanalytic theory is derived from primitive biological urges (as for sexual pleasure or self-preservation) and that is expressed in conscious activity |
| facilitate | to make easier : help bring about |