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 |
|---|---|
| circumscribe | to constrict (see constrict |
| pang | a brief piercing spasm of pain |
| prosody | the study of versification |
| swerve | to turn aside abruptly from a straight line or course : deviate |
| enmity | positive, active, and typically mutual hatred or ill will |
| tumid | marked by swelling : swollen |
| scapegoat | a goat upon whose head are symbolically placed the sins of the people after which he is sent into the wilderness in the biblical ceremony for Yom Kippur |
| atrocity | a shockingly bad or atrocious act, object, or situation |
| gnarled | full of knots or gnarls : knotty |
| flutter | to flap the wings rapidly |