GRE Word List

MILLENNIUM

the thousand years mentioned in Revelation (see revelation

The meaning of the word millennium is the thousand years mentioned in Revelation (see revelation.

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alchemya medieval chemical science and speculative philosophy aiming to achieve the transmutation of the base metals into gold, the discovery of a universal cure for disease, and the discovery of a means of indefinitely prolonging life
execrabledeserving to be execrated : detestable
millenniumthe thousand years mentioned in Revelation (see revelation
checkto inspect, examine, or look at appraisingly or appreciatively
remissionthe act or process of remitting
extricateto free or remove from an entanglement or difficulty
titterto laugh in a nervous, affected, or partly suppressed manner : giggle
academicof, relating to, or associated with an academy or school especially of higher learning
ravelto become unwoven, untwisted, or unwound : fray
vehementmarked by forceful energy : powerful