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 |
|---|---|
| sycophant | a servile self-seeking flatterer |
| vignette | a picture (such as an engraving or photograph) that shades off gradually into the surrounding paper |
| waggish | resembling or characteristic of a wag |
| arboreal | of, relating to, or resembling a tree |
| gross | glaringly noticeable usually because of inexcusable badness or objectionableness |
| pallet | a straw-filled tick or mattress |
| iniquitous | characterized by iniquity |
| whim | a capricious or eccentric and often sudden idea or turn of the mind : fancy |
| errant | behaving wrongly |
| sanction | a formal decree |