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 |
|---|---|
| alliteration | the repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables (such as wild and woolly, threatening throngs) |
| ingratiate | to gain favor or favorable acceptance for by deliberate effort |
| subjugate | to bring under control and governance as a subject : conquer |
| arbitrary | existing or coming about seemingly at random or by chance or as a capricious and unreasonable act of will |
| residual | remainder |
| validate | to make legally valid : ratify |
| laconic | using or involving the use of a minimum of words : concise to the point of seeming rude or mysterious |
| knit | to form by interlacing yarn or thread in a series of connected loops with needles |
| slapdash | haphazard |
| filth | foul or putrid matter |