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 |
|---|---|
| repugnance | the quality or fact of being contradictory or inconsistent |
| mitigate | to cause to become less harsh or hostile : mollify |
| quail | any of numerous small gallinaceous birds: such as |
| elysium | the abode of the blessed after death in classical mythology |
| impasse | a predicament affording no obvious escape |
| heinous | hatefully or shockingly evil : abominable |
| consign | to give over to another's care |
| ecosystem | the complex of a community of organisms and its environment functioning as an ecological unit |
| integral | essential to completeness : constituent |
| magnitude | great size or extent |