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 |
|---|---|
| impregnable | incapable of being taken by assault : unconquerable |
| roseate | resembling a rose especially in color |
| levitate | to rise or float in or as if in the air especially in seeming defiance of gravitation |
| decry | to depreciate (something, such as a coin) officially or publicly |
| chastise | to censure severely : castigate |
| thrash | to beat soundly with or as if with a stick or whip : flog |
| catcall | a loud or raucous cry made especially to express disapproval (as at a sports event) |
| megalomania | a mania (see mania |
| frolic | full of fun : merry |
| vulture | any of various large birds (families Accipitridae and Cathartidae) that are related to the hawks, eagles, and falcons but have weaker claws and the head usually naked and that subsist chiefly or entirely on carrion |