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 |
|---|---|
| recrimination | a retaliatory accusation |
| vendetta | blood feud |
| slaughter | the act of killing |
| bombast | pretentious inflated speech or writing |
| germinate | to cause to sprout or develop |
| precipitous | precipitate |
| recline | to cause or permit to incline backwards |
| founder | one that founds or establishes |
| upright | perpendicular |
| viper | a common Eurasian venomous snake (Vipera berus) that attains a length of about two feet (0.6 meter), varies in color from red, brown, or gray with dark markings to black, and is usually not fatal to humans |