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 |
|---|---|
| auroral | dawn |
| bicameral | having, consisting of, or based on two legislative chambers (see chamber |
| wastrel | vagabond |
| implicit | capable of being understood from something else though unexpressed : implied |
| odds | the probability that one thing is so or will happen rather than another : chances |
| sartorial | of or relating to a tailor or tailored clothes |
| retinue | a group of retainers or attendants |
| onus | burden |
| airy | of or relating to air : atmospheric |
| tenet | a principle, belief, or doctrine generally held to be true |