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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WordMeaning
bogwet spongy ground
nauseouscausing nausea or disgust : nauseating
impetuousmarked by impulsive vehemence or passion
mountebanka person who sells quack medicines from a platform
verisimilarhaving the appearance of truth : probable
compactpredominantly formed or filled : composed
unassumingnot assuming : modest
resurrectto raise from the dead
elegya poem in elegiac couplets
rationalean explanation of controlling principles of opinion, belief, practice, or phenomena