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.

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WordMeaning
luscioushaving a delicious taste or smell : sweet
fleecethe coat of wool covering a wool-bearing animal (such as a sheep)
macean aromatic spice consisting of the dried external fibrous covering of a nutmeg
darta light spear
fluctuateto shift back and forth uncertainly
ductilecapable of being drawn out (see draw
briman upper or outer margin : verge
visceralfelt in or as if in the internal organs of the body : deep
representationalone that represents: such as
motea small particle : speck