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 |
|---|---|
| flinch | to withdraw or shrink from or as if from pain : wince |
| vaunted | highly or widely praised or boasted about |
| codify | to reduce to a code |
| colloquial | used in or characteristic of familiar and informal conversation |
| contest | strive |
| hallucination | a sensory perception (such as a visual image or a sound) that occurs in the absence of an actual external stimulus and usually arises from neurological disturbance (such as that associated with delirium tremens, schizophrenia, Parkinson's disease, or narcolepsy) or in response to drugs (such as LSD or phencyclidine) |
| gossamer | a film of cobwebs floating in air in calm clear weather |
| imbibe | drink |
| denizen | inhabitant |
| lethal | of, relating to, or causing death |