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 |
|---|---|
| alliteration | the repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables (such as wild and woolly, threatening throngs) |
| derogatory | expressive of a low opinion : disparaging |
| juncture | a point of time |
| revert | to come or go back (as to a former condition, period, or subject) |
| despondent | feeling or showing extreme discouragement, dejection, or depression |
| endue | provide |
| demagogue | a leader who makes use of popular prejudices and false claims and promises in order to gain power |
| defile | to make unclean or impure: such as |
| inexorable | not to be persuaded, moved, or stopped : relentless |
| inhibited | to prohibit from doing something |