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 |
|---|---|
| brindled | having obscure dark streaks or flecks on a usually gray or tawny ground |
| shimmer | to shine with a soft tremulous or fitful light : glimmer |
| complacency | self-satisfaction especially when accompanied by unawareness of actual dangers or deficiencies |
| enumerate | to ascertain the number of : count |
| matrix | something within or from which something else originates, develops, or takes form |
| encomiastic | one that praises : eulogist |
| religious | relating to or manifesting faithful devotion to an acknowledged ultimate reality or deity |
| pedestal | the support or foot of a late classic or neoclassical column see column illustration |
| plebeian | a member of the Roman plebs |
| distort | to twist (see twist |