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 |
|---|---|
| mercenary | one that serves merely for wages |
| distract | to draw or direct (something, such as someone's attention) to a different object or in different directions at the same time |
| writhe | to twist into coils or folds |
| fulcrum | prop |
| shade | comparative darkness or obscurity owing to interception of the rays of light |
| default | failure to do something required by duty or law : neglect |
| stentorian | extremely loud |
| indolent | averse to activity, effort, or movement : habitually lazy |
| tipple | to drink liquor especially by habit or to excess |
| equinox | either of the two points on the celestial sphere where the celestial equator intersects the ecliptic |