GRE Word List
ANTIQUE
existing since or belonging to earlier times : ancient
The meaning of the word antique is existing since or belonging to earlier times : ancient.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| legerdemain | sleight of hand |
| nurse | a person who cares for the sick or infirm |
| marshal | a high official in the household of a medieval king, prince, or noble originally having charge of the cavalry but later usually in command of the military forces |
| syllogism | a deductive scheme of a formal argument consisting of a major and a minor premise and a conclusion (as in "every virtue is laudable; kindness is a virtue; therefore kindness is laudable") |
| stoic | a member of a school of philosophy founded by Zeno of Citium about 300 b.c. |
| crass | gross |
| dispatch | to send off or away with promptness or speed |
| pillory | a device formerly used for publicly punishing offenders consisting of a wooden frame with holes in which the head and hands can be locked |
| flicker | to move irregularly or unsteadily : flutter |
| languid | drooping or flagging from or as if from exhaustion : weak |