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 |
|---|---|
| supererogatory | observed or performed to an extent not enjoined or required |
| inebriate | one who is drunk |
| menagerie | a place where animals are kept and trained especially for exhibition |
| belated | delayed beyond the usual time |
| substantive | having substance : involving matters of major or practical importance to all concerned |
| corollary | a proposition (see proposition |
| expatiate | to move about freely or at will : wander |
| deign | to condescend reluctantly and with a strong sense of the affront to one's superiority that is involved : stoop |
| elegy | a poem in elegiac couplets |
| innocuous | producing no injury : harmless |