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 |
|---|---|
| pillage | the act of looting or plundering especially in war |
| ambiguous | doubtful or uncertain especially from obscurity or indistinctness |
| actuate | to put into mechanical action or motion |
| colossus | a statue of gigantic size and proportions |
| ruminate | to go over in the mind repeatedly and often casually or slowly |
| resort | one that affords aid or refuge : resource |
| felicity | the quality or state of being happy |
| crevice | a narrow opening resulting from a split or crack (as in a cliff) : fissure |
| lax | loose |
| ardor | an often restless or transitory warmth of feeling |