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 |
|---|---|
| obligatory | binding in law or conscience |
| estimable | capable of being estimated |
| resonant | continuing to sound : echoing |
| transmute | to change or alter in form, appearance, or nature and especially to a higher form |
| expropriate | to deprive of possession or proprietary rights |
| exacerbate | to make more violent, bitter, or severe |
| ordination | the act or an instance of ordaining : the state of being ordained |
| indemnify | to secure against hurt, loss, or damage |
| nettle | any of a genus (Urtica of the family Urticaceae, the nettle family) of chiefly coarse herbs armed with stinging hairs |
| covert | not openly shown, engaged in, or avowed : veiled |