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 |
|---|---|
| spawn | to deposit or fertilize spawn |
| patriarch | one of the scriptural fathers of the human race or of the Hebrew people |
| pine | any of a genus (Pinus of the family Pinaceae, the pine family) of coniferous evergreen trees that have slender elongated needles and include some valuable timber trees and ornamentals |
| distill | to let fall, exude, or precipitate (see precipitate |
| gross | glaringly noticeable usually because of inexcusable badness or objectionableness |
| circumlocution | the use of an unnecessarily large number of words to express an idea |
| staccato | cut short or apart in performing : disconnected |
| forthright | free from ambiguity or evasiveness : going straight to the point |
| filigree | ornamental work especially of fine wire of gold, silver, or copper applied chiefly to gold and silver surfaces |
| dinghy | a small boat carried on or towed behind a larger boat as a tender or a lifeboat |