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 |
|---|---|
| annihilate | to cause to cease to exist : to do away with entirely so that nothing remains |
| misnomer | the misnaming of a person in a legal instrument |
| oscillate | to swing backward and forward like a pendulum |
| cull | to select from a group : choose |
| treatise | a systematic exposition or argument in writing including a methodical discussion of the facts and principles involved and conclusions reached |
| emaciated | very thin and feeble especially from lack of nutrition or illness |
| pulse | the regular expansion of an artery caused by the ejection of blood into the arterial system by the contractions of the heart |
| flick | a light sharp jerky stroke or movement |
| concentric | having a common center |
| knotty | marked by or full of knots |