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 |
|---|---|
| sobriety | the quality or state of being sober |
| bar | a straight piece (as of wood or metal) that is longer than it is wide and has any of various uses (as for a lever, support, barrier, or fastening) |
| latent | present and capable of emerging or developing but not now visible, obvious, active, or symptomatic |
| defunct | no longer living, existing, or functioning |
| brand | a charred piece of wood |
| hybrid | an offspring of two animals or plants of different subspecies, breeds, varieties, species, or genera |
| char | any of a genus (Salvelinus) of small-scaled trouts with light-colored spots |
| unction | the act of anointing as a rite of consecration or healing |
| machinations | an act of machinating |
| simile | a figure of speech comparing two unlike things that is often introduced by like or as (as in cheeks like roses) compare metaphor |