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 |
|---|---|
| resourceful | able to meet situations : capable of devising ways and means |
| bastard | a child born to parents who are not married to each other |
| inimitable | not capable of being imitated : matchless |
| elysian | of or relating to Elysium |
| egotistical | characterized by egotism : having, showing, or arising from an exaggerated sense of self-importance |
| beset | to set or stud with or as if with ornaments |
| funereal | of or relating to a funeral |
| emulate | to strive to equal or excel |
| diaphanous | characterized by such fineness of texture as to permit seeing through |
| verdigris | a green or greenish-blue poisonous pigment resulting from the action of acetic acid on copper and consisting of one or more basic copper acetates |