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 |
|---|---|
| connotation | something suggested by a word or thing : implication |
| buffoon | a ludicrous figure : clown |
| breadth | distance from side to side : width |
| ambience | a feeling or mood associated with a particular place, person, or thing : atmosphere |
| lace | to draw together the edges of by or as if by a lace passed through eyelets |
| cryptic | secret |
| misogamy | a hatred of marriage |
| trident | a 3-pronged spear serving in classical mythology as the attribute of a sea god (such as Neptune) |
| choleric | easily moved to often unreasonable or excessive anger : hot-tempered |
| pitfall | trap |