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 |
|---|---|
| pandemonium | a wild uproar (as because of anger or excitement in a crowd of people) |
| enumerate | to ascertain the number of : count |
| tedium | the quality or state of being tedious : tediousness |
| valediction | an act of bidding farewell |
| plight | to put or give in pledge : engage |
| languish | to be or become feeble, weak, or enervated |
| vendetta | blood feud |
| barb | a medieval cloth headdress passing over or under the chin and covering the neck |
| enmity | positive, active, and typically mutual hatred or ill will |
| suborn | to induce secretly to do an unlawful thing |