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 |
|---|---|
| circuit | a usually circular line encompassing an area |
| endorse | to write on the back of |
| spectrum | a continuum of color formed when a beam of white light is dispersed (as by passage through a prism) so that its component wavelengths are arranged in order |
| grudge | to be unwilling to give or admit : give or allow reluctantly or resentfully |
| hegemony | preponderant influence or authority over others : domination |
| ramp | a sloping way or plane: such as |
| solder | a metal or metallic alloy used when melted to join metallic surfaces |
| martyr | a person who voluntarily suffers death as the penalty of witnessing to and refusing to renounce a religion |
| conspire | plot |
| slapdash | haphazard |