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 |
|---|---|
| cull | to select from a group : choose |
| acquittal | a setting free from the charge of an offense by verdict, sentence, or other legal process |
| wake | to be or remain awake |
| denizen | inhabitant |
| gouge | a chisel with a concavo-convex cross section |
| officious | volunteering one's services where they are neither asked nor needed : meddlesome |
| cringe | to recoil in distaste |
| eloquence | discourse marked by force and persuasiveness |
| cosmic | of or relating to the cosmos, the extraterrestrial vastness, or the universe in contrast to the earth alone |
| hortatory | hortative |