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 |
|---|---|
| impious | not pious : lacking in reverence or proper respect (as for God or one's parents) : irreverent |
| lagoon | a shallow sound, channel, or pond near or communicating with a larger body of water |
| transparent | having the property of transmitting light without appreciable scattering so that bodies lying beyond are seen clearly : pellucid |
| dispel | to drive away or cause to vanish by or as if by scattering : dissipate |
| calculated | apt |
| contempt | the act of despising : the state of mind of one who despises : disdain |
| infraction | the act of infringing : violation |
| torrent | a violent or forceful flow of fluid |
| parasite | an organism living in, on, or with another organism in order to obtain nutrients, grow, or multiply often in a state that directly or indirectly harms the host (see host |
| substantial | consisting of or relating to substance |