新GRE常考察词汇anachronism

　　anachronism: a person or thing that is out of place in time

　　1) something out of place i.t.o. its historical or chronological context

　　2) something out of place in time

　　3) something located at a time when it could not have existed or occurred

　　Synonym: misplacement

　　Her floor-length skirts and elaborately done up hair were anachronisms that she nevertheless pulled off with grace.

　　The editor recognized an anachronism in the manuscript where the character from the 1500s boarded an airplane.

　　He realized that the film about cavemen contained an anachronism when he saw a jet cut across the horizon during a hunting scene.

　　新gre考试已经陆陆续续被很多考生体验过，根据ets的考察方向及考生的反应，新gre对单词的考察并没有降低反而还有所提高，因此备考新gre考试词汇仍是迫在眉睫的问题，俗话说：万丈高楼平地起只有精确熟练的掌握了词汇，才可能在征服新gre考试的道路上立于不败之地。