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 |
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sanguine | marked by eager hopefulness : confidently optimistic |
mutability | prone to change : inconstant |
outfit | the act of fitting out or equipping (as for a voyage or expedition) |
epithet | a characterizing word or phrase accompanying or occurring in place of the name of a person or thing |
sybarite | voluptuary |
defection | conscious abandonment of allegiance or duty (as to a person, cause, or doctrine) : desertion |
novelty | something new or unusual |
elope | to run away secretly with the intention of getting married usually without parental consent |
thespian | actor |
evasive | tending or intended to evade : equivocal |