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 |
|---|---|
| spurn | to reject with disdain or contempt : scorn |
| beguile | hoodwink |
| migratory | of, relating to, or characterized by migration |
| tenacity | the quality or state of being tenacious |
| adhere | to hold fast or stick by or as if by gluing, suction, grasping, or fusing |
| masochist | a person who derives sexual gratification from being subjected to physical pain or humiliation : an individual given to masochism |
| tundra | a level or rolling treeless plain that is characteristic of arctic and subarctic regions, consists of black mucky soil with a permanently frozen subsoil, and has a dominant vegetation of mosses, lichens, herbs, and dwarf shrubs |
| procrastinate | to put off intentionally and habitually |
| macabre | having death as a subject : comprising or including a personalized representation of death |
| finite | having definite or definable limits |