GRE Word List

YORE

time past and especially long past

The meaning of the word yore is time past and especially long past.

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sheafa quantity of the stalks and ears of a cereal grass or sometimes other plant material bound together
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
minusculevery small
scavengeto remove (dirt, refuse, etc.) from an area
milieuthe physical or social setting in which something occurs or develops : environment
warpa series of yarns extended lengthwise in a loom and crossed by the weft
executorone who executes something
healthyenjoying good health
grossglaringly noticeable usually because of inexcusable badness or objectionableness
antecedeprecede