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 |
|---|---|
| egotistical | characterized by egotism : having, showing, or arising from an exaggerated sense of self-importance |
| pitfall | trap |
| impediment | something that impedes |
| meretricious | of or relating to a prostitute : having the nature of prostitution |
| ambivalence | simultaneous and contradictory attitudes or feelings (such as attraction and repulsion) toward an object, person, or action |
| dissipate | to break up and drive off |
| hew | to cut with blows of a heavy cutting instrument |
| sever | to put or keep apart : divide |
| hindsight | perception of the nature of an event after it has happened |
| inevitable | incapable of being avoided or evaded |