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 |
|---|---|
| filch | to steal secretly or casually |
| slipshod | wearing loose shoes or slippers |
| ewe | the female of the sheep especially when mature |
| nostalgia | a wistful or excessively sentimental yearning for return to or of some past period or irrecoverable condition |
| multilingual | of, having, or expressed in several languages |
| fodder | something fed to domestic animals |
| rabies | an acute virus disease of the nervous system of mammals that is caused by a rhabdovirus (species Rabies virus of the genus Lyssavirus) usually transmitted through the bite of a rabid animal and that is characterized typically by increased salivation, abnormal behavior, and eventual paralysis and death when untreated |
| drivel | nonsense |
| hive | a container for housing honeybees |
| imperceptible | not perceptible by a sense or by the mind : extremely slight, gradual, or subtle |