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 |
|---|---|
| disband | to break up the organization of : dissolve |
| atavism | recurrence in an organism of a trait or character typical of an ancestral form and usually due to genetic recombination |
| rummage | to make a thorough search or investigation |
| niggardly | grudgingly mean about spending or granting : begrudging |
| declivity | downward inclination |
| contusion | injury to tissue usually without laceration : bruise |
| palette | a thin oval or rectangular board or tablet that a painter holds and mixes pigments on |
| gentility | the condition of belonging to the gentry |
| brocade | a rich silk fabric with raised patterns in gold and silver |
| aberration | the fact or an instance of deviating or being aberrant especially from a moral standard or normal state |