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 |
|---|---|
| mortify | to subject to severe and vexing embarrassment : shame |
| tactile | perceptible by touch : tangible |
| malfeasance | wrongdoing or misconduct especially by a public official |
| roil | to make turbid by stirring up the sediment or dregs of |
| torque | a force that produces or tends to produce rotation or torsion |
| incongruity | the quality or state of being incongruous |
| sequester | to set apart : segregate |
| momentous | having great or lasting importance : consequential |
| voracious | having a huge appetite : ravenous |
| timorous | of a timid disposition : fearful |