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 |
|---|---|
| random | a haphazard course |
| levitate | to rise or float in or as if in the air especially in seeming defiance of gravitation |
| capacity | legal competency (see competence |
| bouillon | a clear seasoned soup made usually from lean beef |
| abstain | to choose not to do or have something : to refrain deliberately and often with an effort of self-denial from an action or practice |
| indicative | serving to indicate |
| torpor | a state of mental and motor inactivity with partial or total insensibility |
| animosity | a strong feeling of dislike or hatred : ill will or resentment tending toward active hostility : an antagonistic attitude |
| insurrection | an act or instance of revolting against civil authority or an established government |
| scintilla | spark |