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 |
|---|---|
| holster | a leather or fabric case for carrying a firearm on the person (as on the hip or chest), on a saddle, or in a vehicle |
| vegetate | to lead a passive existence without exertion of body or mind |
| lineaments | an outline, feature, or contour of a body or figure and especially of a face |
| submerge | to put under water |
| humus | a brown or black complex variable material resulting from partial decomposition of plant or animal matter and forming the organic (see organic |
| chaffing | the seed coverings and other debris separated from the seed in threshing grain |
| chide | to speak out in angry or displeased rebuke |
| incendiary | igniting combustible materials spontaneously |
| cupidity | inordinate desire for wealth : avarice |
| inception | an act, process, or instance of beginning : commencement |