GRE Word List
HISTORIC
historical
The meaning of the word historic is historical.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| trilogy | a series of three dramas or literary works or sometimes three musical compositions that are closely related and develop a single theme |
| underhand | in a clandestine manner |
| hermetic | of or relating to the mystical and alchemical writings or teachings arising in the first three centuries a.d. |
| amphitheater | an oval or circular building with rising tiers of seats ranged about an open space and used in ancient Rome especially for contests and spectacles |
| stanch | to check or stop the flowing of |
| internecine | of, relating to, or involving conflict within a group |
| random | a haphazard course |
| primary | first in order of time or development : primitive |
| tarnish | to dull or destroy the luster of by or as if by air, dust, or dirt : soil |
| hysteria | a psychoneurosis marked by emotional excitability and disturbances of the psychogenic, sensory, vasomotor, and visceral (see visceral |