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 |
|---|---|
| pensive | musingly or dreamily thoughtful |
| immune | not susceptible or responsive |
| transpire | to take place : go on |
| theocracy | government of a state by immediate divine guidance or by officials who are regarded as divinely guided |
| indigence | a level of poverty in which real hardship and deprivation are suffered and comforts of life are wholly lacking |
| exertion | the act or an instance of exerting |
| incur | to become liable or subject to : bring down upon oneself |
| denizen | inhabitant |
| unsightly | not pleasing to the sight : not comely |
| glut | to flood (the market) with goods so that supply exceeds demand |