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 |
|---|---|
| sartorial | of or relating to a tailor or tailored clothes |
| recrimination | a retaliatory accusation |
| notable | worthy of note : remarkable |
| abeyance | a state of temporary inactivity : suspension |
| confine | something (such as borders or walls) that encloses |
| patois | a dialect other than the standard or literary dialect |
| disinter | to take out of the grave or tomb |
| expansive | having a capacity or a tendency to expand |
| embezzlement | to appropriate (something, such as property entrusted to one's care) fraudulently to one's own use |
| retain | to keep in possession or use |