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 |
|---|---|
| remorse | a gnawing distress arising from a sense of guilt for past wrongs : self-reproach |
| refectory | a dining hall (as in a monastery or college) |
| heresy | adherence to a religious opinion contrary to church dogma (see dogma |
| libido | instinctual psychic energy that in psychoanalytic theory is derived from primitive biological urges (as for sexual pleasure or self-preservation) and that is expressed in conscious activity |
| tortuous | marked by repeated twists, bends, or turns : winding |
| agility | the quality or state of being agile : nimbleness |
| equable | marked by lack of variation or change : uniform |
| disenfranchise | to deprive of a franchise, of a legal right, or of some privilege or immunity |
| conspiracy | the act of conspiring together |
| podium | a low wall serving as a foundation or terrace wall: such as |