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 |
|---|---|
| phylum | a direct line of descent within a group |
| whine | to utter a high-pitched plaintive or distressed cry |
| sublimate | sublime |
| choleric | easily moved to often unreasonable or excessive anger : hot-tempered |
| lascivious | filled with or showing sexual desire : lewd |
| reprise | a musical repetition: |
| lien | a charge upon real or personal property for the satisfaction of some debt or duty ordinarily arising by operation of law |
| brochure | pamphlet |
| decimate | to select by lot and kill every tenth man of |
| disquisition | a formal inquiry into or discussion of a subject : discourse |