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 |
|---|---|
| venturesome | inclined to court or incur risk or danger : daring |
| humility | freedom from pride or arrogance : the quality or state of being humble |
| precise | exactly or sharply defined or stated |
| nadir | the point of the celestial sphere that is directly opposite the zenith and vertically downward from the observer |
| prominent | standing out or projecting beyond a surface or line : protuberant |
| forlorn | bereft |
| chicanery | deception by artful subterfuge or sophistry : trickery |
| papyrus | a tall perennial sedge (Cyperus papyrus) of the Nile valley |
| spoof | deceive |
| deign | to condescend reluctantly and with a strong sense of the affront to one's superiority that is involved : stoop |