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 |
|---|---|
| fatuous | complacently or inanely foolish : silly |
| mordant | biting and caustic in thought, manner, or style : incisive |
| stilted | pompous |
| rapport | a friendly, harmonious relationship |
| whittle | a large knife |
| deride | to laugh at or insult contemptuously |
| bilk | to block the free development of : frustrate |
| dutiful | filled with or motivated by a sense of duty |
| bog | wet spongy ground |
| idiom | an expression in the usage of a language that is peculiar to itself either in having a meaning that cannot be derived from the conjoined meanings of its elements (such as up in the air for "undecided") or in its grammatically atypical use of words (such as give way) |