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 |
|---|---|
| nomenclature | name |
| sensuous | of or relating to the senses or sensible objects |
| lunar | crescent |
| deliberate | to think about or discuss issues and decisions carefully |
| extrapolation | to predict by projecting past experience or known data |
| cabal | the contrived schemes of a group of persons secretly united in a plot (as to overturn a government) |
| extradition | the surrender of an alleged criminal usually under the provisions of a treaty or statute by one authority (such as a state) to another having jurisdiction to try the charge |
| primal | original |
| buffet | a blow especially with the hand |
| requiem | a mass for the dead |