GRE Word List
HISTORIC
historical
The meaning of the word historic is historical.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| idiom | an expression in the usage of a language that is peculiar to itself either in having a meaning that cannot be derived from the conjoined meanings of its elements (such as up in the air for "undecided") or in its grammatically atypical use of words (such as give way) |
| prohibitive | tending to prohibit or restrain |
| static | exerting force by reason of weight alone without motion |
| gamely | a physical or mental competition conducted according to rules with the participants in direct opposition to each other |
| brittle | easily broken, cracked, or snapped |
| babble | to talk enthusiastically or excessively |
| freebooter | pirate |
| porous | possessing or full of pores |
| provenance | origin |
| precipitous | precipitate |