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.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| falter | to walk unsteadily : stumble |
| refute | to prove wrong by argument or evidence : show to be false or erroneous |
| presumptuous | overstepping due bounds (as of propriety or courtesy) : taking liberties |
| ambidextrous | using both hands with equal ease or dexterity |
| pedantic | of, relating to, or being a pedant |
| lilliputian | of, relating to, or characteristic of the Lilliputians or the island of Lilliput |
| rail | a bar extending from one post or support to another and serving as a guard or barrier |
| granary | a storehouse for threshed grain |
| rigor | harsh inflexibility in opinion, temper, or judgment : severity |
| hieroglyphic | written in, constituting, or belonging to a system of writing mainly in pictorial characters |