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 |
|---|---|
| onus | burden |
| stickler | one who insists on exactness or completeness in the observance of something |
| emolument | the returns arising from office or employment usually in the form of compensation or perquisites |
| circumspect | careful to consider all circumstances and possible consequences : prudent |
| authoritative | having, marked by, or proceeding from authority |
| flail | a hand threshing implement consisting of a wooden handle at the end of which a stouter and shorter stick is so hung as to swing freely |
| militant | engaged in warfare or combat : fighting |
| intelligentsia | intellectuals who form an artistic, social, or political vanguard or elite |
| tumid | marked by swelling : swollen |
| economy | the structure or conditions of economic life in a country, area, or period |