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 |
|---|---|
| debauch | to corrupt by intemperance or sensuality |
| trifling | lacking in significance or solid worth: such as |
| placid | serenely free of interruption or disturbance |
| dismiss | to permit or cause to leave |
| festive | of, relating to, or suitable for a feast or festival |
| descry | to catch sight of |
| hegemony | preponderant influence or authority over others : domination |
| advent | the period beginning four Sundays before Christmas and observed by some Christians as a season of prayer and fasting |
| compassion | sympathetic consciousness of others' distress together with a desire to alleviate it |
| felicitous | very well suited or expressed : apt |