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 |
|---|---|
| irretrievable | not retrievable : impossible to regain or recover |
| redoubtable | causing fear or alarm : formidable |
| fiat | an authoritative or arbitrary order : decree |
| anthropoid | any of a suborder (Anthropoidea) of higher primates (such as macaques and marmosets) |
| forlorn | bereft |
| prosaic | characteristic of prose as distinguished from poetry : factual |
| integrate | to form, coordinate, or blend into a functioning or unified whole : unite |
| parable | a usually short fictitious story that illustrates a moral attitude or a religious principle |
| emanate | to come out from a source |
| rakish | of, relating to, or characteristic of a rake : dissolute |