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 |
|---|---|
| desecrate | to violate the sanctity of : profane |
| swarm | a great number of honeybees emigrating together from a hive in company with a queen to start a new colony elsewhere |
| ruddy | having a healthy reddish color |
| indoctrinate | to imbue with a usually partisan or sectarian opinion, point of view, or principle |
| politic | political |
| aver | to declare positively |
| battalion | a considerable body of troops organized to act together : army |
| permeable | capable of being permeated : penetrable |
| lot | an object used as a counter in determining a question by chance see also throw in one's lot with |
| clap | to strike (two things, such as two flat, hard surfaces) together so as to produce a sharp percussive noise |