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 |
|---|---|
| benefactor | someone or something that provides help or an advantage : one that confers a benefit |
| odoriferous | yielding an odor : odorous |
| formidable | causing fear, dread, or apprehension |
| relent | to become less severe, harsh, or strict usually from reasons of humanity |
| chivalrous | valiant |
| defalcate | deduct |
| disparage | to depreciate (see depreciate |
| meticulous | marked by extreme or excessive care in the consideration or treatment of details |
| serendipity | the faculty or phenomenon of finding valuable or agreeable things not sought for |
| casualty | a military person lost through death, wounds, injury, sickness, internment, or capture or through being missing in action |