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 |
|---|---|
| lag | one that lags or is last |
| piety | the quality or state of being pious: such as |
| reprove | to scold or correct usually gently or with kindly intent |
| influx | a coming in |
| generate | to bring into existence: such as |
| aphorism | a concise statement of a principle |
| shudder | to tremble convulsively : shiver |
| sedition | incitement of resistance to or insurrection against lawful authority |
| mountebank | a person who sells quack medicines from a platform |
| gauche | lacking social experience or grace |