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 |
|---|---|
| judicious | having, exercising, or characterized by sound judgment |
| laud | praise |
| hem | a border of a cloth article doubled back and stitched down |
| invalid | not valid: |
| vendor | one that vends : seller |
| assurance | the state of being assured: such as |
| blue | of the color whose hue is that of the clear sky : of the color blue (see blue |
| censor | a person who supervises conduct and morals: such as |
| adjacent | not distant : nearby |
| tribune | a Roman official under the monarchy and the republic with the function of protecting the plebeian citizen from arbitrary action by the patrician magistrates |