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.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| retinue | a group of retainers or attendants |
| toxic | containing or being poisonous material especially when capable of causing death or serious debilitation |
| succor | relief |
| zenith | the point of the celestial sphere that is directly opposite the nadir and vertically above the observer see azimuth illustration |
| diversion | the act or an instance of diverting or straying from a course, activity, or use : deviation |
| percussion | the act of percussing: such as |
| refectory | a dining hall (as in a monastery or college) |
| liquidate | to determine by agreement or by litigation the precise amount of (indebtedness, damages, or accounts) |
| astral | of, relating to, or coming from the stars |
| gyroscope | a wheel or disk mounted to spin rapidly about an axis and also free to rotate about one or both of two axes perpendicular to each other and to the axis of spin so that a rotation of one of the two mutually perpendicular axes results from application of torque to the other when the wheel is spinning and so that the entire apparatus offers considerable opposition depending on the angular momentum to any torque that would change the direction of the axis of spin |