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 |
|---|---|
| proximity | the quality or state of being proximate : closeness |
| base | the bottom of something considered as its support : foundation |
| amalgamate | to unite in or as if in an amalgam |
| grimace | a facial expression usually of disgust, disapproval, or pain |
| inalienable | incapable of being alienated, surrendered, or transferred |
| improvident | not provident : not foreseeing and providing for the future |
| reverend | worthy of reverence : revered |
| effective | producing a decided, decisive, or desired effect |
| alluvial | relating to, composed of, or found in alluvium |
| increment | the amount or degree by which something changes |