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 |
|---|---|
| retard | to delay or impede the development or progress of : to slow up especially by preventing or hindering advance or accomplishment |
| antidote | a remedy to counteract the effects of poison |
| cemetery | a burial ground |
| quirk | an abrupt twist or curve |
| saga | a prose narrative recorded in Iceland in the 12th and 13th centuries of historic or legendary figures and events of the heroic age of Norway and Iceland |
| parlance | speech |
| homeostasis | a relatively stable state of equilibrium or a tendency toward such a state between the different but interdependent elements or groups of elements of an organism, population, or group |
| saturate | to satisfy fully : satiate |
| epitaph | an inscription on or at a tomb or a grave in memory of the one buried there |
| gust | the sensation of taste |