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GRE Word List # GRE/W296

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Description of conceit (noun: conceits)
the trait of being unduly vain; vanity



   
Description of palimpsest (noun)
a manuscript on which more than one text has been written with the earlier writing incompletely erased and still visible



   
Description of anvil (noun: anvils)
the ossicle between the malleus and the stapes



   
Description of austerity (noun: austerities)
the trait of great self-denial (especially refraining from worldly pleasures); nonindulgence



   
Description of litany (noun: litanies)
a prayer consisting of a series of invocations by the priest with responses from the congregation



   
Description of tantrum (noun)
a display of bad temper; scene; conniption



   
Description of theocracy (noun: theocracies)
the belief in government by divine guidance



   
Description of myriad (noun: myriads)
the cardinal number that is the product of ten and one thousand



   
Description of conniption (noun)
a display of bad temper; scene



   
Description of anomaly (noun: anomalies)
exception; deviation



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