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 |
|---|---|
| fluster | to put into a state of agitated confusion : upset |
| largess | liberal giving (as of money) to or as if to an inferior |
| culpable | meriting condemnation or blame especially as wrong or harmful |
| eerie | so mysterious, strange, or unexpected as to send a chill up the spine |
| devious | wandering |
| politic | political |
| glut | to flood (the market) with goods so that supply exceeds demand |
| hazardous | involving or exposing one to risk (as of loss or harm) |
| graphic | of or relating to the pictorial arts |
| dismiss | to permit or cause to leave |