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 |
|---|---|
| perimeter | the boundary of a closed plane figure |
| raconteur | a person who excels in telling anecdotes |
| wrest | to pull, force, or move by violent wringing or twisting movements |
| peerless | matchless |
| recital | a detailed account : enumeration |
| encompass | include |
| venture | to proceed especially in the face of danger |
| garrulous | given to prosy, rambling, or tedious loquacity : pointlessly or annoyingly talkative |
| refraction | deflection from a straight path undergone by a light ray or energy wave in passing obliquely from one medium (such as air) into another (such as glass) in which its velocity is different |
| scurry | to move in or as if in a brisk pace : scamper |