GRE Word List
OBSOLETE
no longer in use or no longer useful
The meaning of the word obsolete is no longer in use or no longer useful.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| effrontery | shameless boldness : insolence |
| snivel | to run at the nose |
| optional | involving an option : not compulsory |
| courier | messenger |
| dwindle | to become steadily less : shrink |
| countenance | look |
| fastidious | showing or demanding excessive delicacy or care |
| consternation | amazement or dismay that hinders or throws into confusion |
| nova | a star that suddenly increases its light output tremendously and then fades away to its former obscurity in a few months or years |
| arraign | to call (a defendant) before a court to answer to an indictment : charge |