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 |
|---|---|
| exposure | the fact or condition of being exposed: such as |
| novice | a person admitted to probationary membership in a religious community |
| precocious | exceptionally early in development or occurrence |
| plenitude | the quality or state of being full : completeness |
| whelp | any of the young of various carnivorous mammals and especially of the dog |
| squat | to cause (oneself) to crouch or sit on the ground |
| squash | to press or beat into a pulp or a flat mass : crush |
| galleon | a heavy square-rigged sailing ship of the 15th to early 18th centuries used for war or commerce especially by the Spanish |
| propitiate | to gain or regain the favor or goodwill of : appease |
| incriminate | to charge with or show evidence or proof of involvement in a crime or fault |