GRE Word List

CHRONICLE

a historical account of events arranged in order of time usually without analysis or interpretation

The meaning of the word chronicle is a historical account of events arranged in order of time usually without analysis or interpretation.

Random words

WordMeaning
unfledgednot feathered : not ready for flight
analgesiainsensibility to pain without loss of consciousness
alliterationthe repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables (such as wild and woolly, threatening throngs)
redoubtablecausing fear or alarm : formidable
sanguinemarked by eager hopefulness : confidently optimistic
expostulationan act or an instance of expostulating
pluckto pull or pick off or out
gruesomeinspiring horror or repulsion : grisly
torpedoa weapon for destroying ships by rupturing their hulls below the waterline: such as
refectorya dining hall (as in a monastery or college)