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.
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| Word | Meaning |
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| cognizance | a distinguishing mark or emblem (such as a heraldic bearing) |
| revelry | noisy partying or merrymaking |
| jaunty | sprightly in manner or appearance : lively |
| doff | to remove (an article of wear) from the body |
| satire | a literary work holding up human vices and follies to ridicule or scorn |
| metaphor | a figure of speech in which a word or phrase literally denoting one kind of object or idea is used in place of another to suggest a likeness or analogy between them (as in drowning in money) |
| visage | the face, countenance, or appearance of a person or sometimes an animal |
| effeminate | having feminine qualities untypical of a man : not manly in appearance or manner |
| profound | having intellectual depth and insight |
| factitious | produced by humans rather than by natural forces |