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 |
|---|---|
| dingy | dirty |
| precarious | dependent on chance circumstances, unknown conditions, or uncertain developments |
| obtrude | to thrust out : extrude |
| prescience | foreknowledge of events: |
| suffuse | to spread over or through in the manner of fluid or light : flush |
| puerile | juvenile |
| ornithologist | a branch of zoology dealing with birds |
| ashen | of, relating to, or made from ash wood |
| gesticulation | the act of making gestures |
| grim | fierce in disposition or action : savage |