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 |
|---|---|
| relapse | the act or an instance of backsliding, worsening, or subsiding |
| denouement | the final outcome of the main dramatic complication in a literary work |
| wrest | to pull, force, or move by violent wringing or twisting movements |
| run-down | an item-by-item report or review : summary |
| groom | bridegroom |
| tundra | a level or rolling treeless plain that is characteristic of arctic and subarctic regions, consists of black mucky soil with a permanently frozen subsoil, and has a dominant vegetation of mosses, lichens, herbs, and dwarf shrubs |
| devise | to form in the mind by new combinations or applications of ideas or principles : invent |
| incite | to move to action : stir up : spur on : urge on |
| idolatry | the worship of a physical object as a god |
| dictum | a noteworthy statement: such as |