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 |
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| ambivalence | simultaneous and contradictory attitudes or feelings (such as attraction and repulsion) toward an object, person, or action |
| rake | an implement equipped with projecting prongs to gather material (such as leaves) or for loosening or smoothing the surface of the ground |
| supine | lying on the back or with the face upward |
| jocular | said or done as a joke : characterized by jesting : playful |
| pique | to excite or arouse especially by a provocation, challenge, or rebuff |
| loath | unwilling to do something contrary to one's ways of thinking : reluctant |
| travail | work especially of a painful or laborious nature : toil |
| diabolical | of, relating to, or characteristic of the devil : devilish |
| unaccountable | not to be accounted for : inexplicable |
| defection | conscious abandonment of allegiance or duty (as to a person, cause, or doctrine) : desertion |