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
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| grouse | any of various chiefly ground-dwelling birds (family Tetraonidae) that are usually of reddish-brown or other protective color and have feathered legs and that include many important game birds |
| palm | any of a family (Palmae synonym Arecaceae) of mostly tropical or subtropical monocotyledonous trees, shrubs, or vines with usually a simple stem and a terminal crown of large pinnate or fan-shaped leaves |
| potable | suitable for drinking |
| permissive | granted on sufferance : tolerated |
| tawdry | cheap and gaudy in appearance or quality |
| eddy | a current of water or air running contrary to the main current |
| evoke | to call forth or up: such as |
| alliteration | the repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables (such as wild and woolly, threatening throngs) |
| imbue | endow |
| simian | of, relating to, or resembling monkeys or apes |