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 |
|---|---|
| biennial | occurring every two years |
| pluck | to pull or pick off or out |
| blight | a disease or injury of plants marked by the formation of lesions, withering, and death of parts (such as leaves and tubers) |
| expurgate | to cleanse of something morally harmful, offensive, or erroneous |
| dross | the scum or unwanted material that forms on the surface of molten metal |
| importune | to press or urge with troublesome persistence |
| intransigence | the quality or state of being intransigent |
| reverend | worthy of reverence : revered |
| relic | an object esteemed and venerated because of association with a saint or martyr |
| suitor | one that petitions or entreats |