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 |
|---|---|
| luminous | emitting or reflecting usually steady, suffused, or glowing light |
| ostracize | to exile by ostracism |
| gratuity | something given voluntarily or beyond obligation usually for some service |
| heyday | the period of one's greatest popularity, vigor, or prosperity |
| junket | trip |
| lax | loose |
| seine | a large net with sinkers on one edge and floats on the other that hangs vertically in the water and is used to enclose and catch fish when its ends are pulled together or are drawn ashore |
| shackle | something (such as a manacle or fetter) that confines the legs or arms |
| fancy | to have a fancy (see fancy |
| embed | to enclose closely in or as if in a matrix |