GRE Word List
ARCHAIC
having the characteristics of the language of the past and surviving chiefly in specialized uses
The meaning of the word archaic is having the characteristics of the language of the past and surviving chiefly in specialized uses.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| annul | to declare or make legally invalid or void |
| phobia | an exaggerated usually inexplicable and illogical fear of a particular object, class of objects, or situation |
| subservient | useful in an inferior capacity : subordinate |
| uproarious | marked by uproar |
| shove | to push along |
| welt | a strip between a shoe sole and upper through which they are stitched or stapled together |
| ferment | to undergo fermentation |
| withhold | to hold back from action : check |
| jocund | marked by or suggestive of high spirits and lively mirthfulness |
| impair | to diminish in function, ability, or quality : to weaken or make worse |