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 |
|---|---|
| guy | man |
| musky | having an odor of or resembling musk |
| encircle | to form a circle around : surround |
| beware | to be on one's guard |
| aegis | a shield or breastplate emblematic of majesty that was associated with Zeus and Athena |
| hiatus | a break in or as if in a material object : gap |
| discount | a reduction made from the gross (see gross |
| voluminous | having or marked by great volume or bulk : large |
| sprout | to grow, spring up, or come forth as or as if a sprout |
| delusion | something that is falsely or delusively believed or propagated |