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 |
|---|---|
| amble | to go at or as if at an easy gait : saunter |
| cogitate | to ponder or meditate on usually intently |
| impalpable | incapable of being felt by touch : intangible |
| oversee | survey |
| debonair | suave |
| fraught | full of or accompanied by something specified |
| engender | beget |
| ravine | a small narrow steep-sided valley that is larger than a gully and smaller than a canyon and that is usually worn by running water |
| exacting | tryingly or unremittingly severe in making demands |
| trifle | something of little value, substance, or importance |