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 |
|---|---|
| fodder | something fed to domestic animals |
| generate | to bring into existence: such as |
| academic | of, relating to, or associated with an academy or school especially of higher learning |
| traduce | to expose to shame or blame by means of falsehood and misrepresentation |
| dismantle | to disconnect the pieces of |
| apposite | highly pertinent or appropriate : apt |
| welt | a strip between a shoe sole and upper through which they are stitched or stapled together |
| facile | easily accomplished or attained |
| rooster | an adult male domestic chicken |
| profane | to treat (something sacred) with abuse, irreverence, or contempt : desecrate |