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 |
|---|---|
| retrieve | to locate and bring in (killed or wounded game) |
| perquisite | a privilege, gain, or profit incidental to regular salary or wages |
| dauntless | incapable of being intimidated or subdued : fearless |
| interstice | a space that intervenes between things |
| quash | to suppress or extinguish summarily and completely |
| glaring | having a fixed look of hostility, fierceness, or anger |
| tranquillity | the quality or state of being tranquil |
| contiguous | being in actual contact : touching along a boundary or at a point |
| vernal | of, relating to, or occurring in the spring |
| fracas | a noisy quarrel : brawl |