GRE Word List
ARCHIVES
a place in which public records or historical materials (such as documents) are preserved
The meaning of the word archives is a place in which public records or historical materials (such as documents) are preserved.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| tessellated | having a checkered appearance |
| embark | to go on board a vehicle for transportation |
| broach | brooch |
| irony | the use of words to express something other than and especially the opposite of the literal meaning |
| margin | the part of a page or sheet outside the main body of printed or written matter |
| profusion | lavish expenditure : extravagance |
| cogent | appealing forcibly to the mind or reason : convincing |
| swear | to utter or take solemnly (an oath) |
| pharisaical | marked by hypocritical censorious self-righteousness |
| overt | open to view : manifest |