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 |
|---|---|
| veto | an authoritative prohibition : interdiction |
| motif | a usually recurring salient thematic element (as in the arts) |
| decorum | literary and dramatic propriety : fitness |
| synthetic | relating to or involving synthesis : not analytic |
| replete | fully or abundantly provided or filled |
| submerge | to put under water |
| repine | to feel or express dejection or discontent : complain |
| desiccate | to dry up |
| whit | the smallest part or particle imaginable : bit |
| stipple | to engrave by means of dots and flicks |