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 |
|---|---|
| improvident | not provident : not foreseeing and providing for the future |
| veritable | being in fact the thing named and not false, unreal, or imaginary |
| gyroscope | a wheel or disk mounted to spin rapidly about an axis and also free to rotate about one or both of two axes perpendicular to each other and to the axis of spin so that a rotation of one of the two mutually perpendicular axes results from application of torque to the other when the wheel is spinning and so that the entire apparatus offers considerable opposition depending on the angular momentum to any torque that would change the direction of the axis of spin |
| attentive | mindful |
| demagogue | a leader who makes use of popular prejudices and false claims and promises in order to gain power |
| transcendent | exceeding usual limits : surpassing |
| wreak | bring about |
| frieze | a heavy durable coarse wool and shoddy fabric with a rough surface |
| reputed | having a good repute : reputable |
| exiguous | excessively scanty : inadequate |