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 |
|---|---|
| anoint | to smear or rub with oil or an oily substance |
| decoy | a pond into which wildfowl are lured for capture |
| contiguous | being in actual contact : touching along a boundary or at a point |
| ward | the action or process of guarding |
| embellish | to make beautiful with ornamentation : decorate |
| ornithologist | a branch of zoology dealing with birds |
| unseemly | not seemly: such as |
| rebuff | to reject or criticize sharply : snub |
| chide | to speak out in angry or displeased rebuke |
| disperse | to cause to break up (see break up |