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.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| condone | to regard or treat (something bad or blameworthy) as acceptable, forgivable, or harmless |
| ballast | a heavy substance (such as rocks or water) placed in such a way as to improve stability and control (as of the draft of a ship or the buoyancy of a balloon or submarine) |
| dull | tedious |
| effervescence | the property of forming bubbles : the action or process of effervescing |
| overwrought | extremely excited : agitated |
| animadversion | a critical and usually censorious remark |
| compulsory | mandatory |
| pugilist | fighter |
| lassitude | a condition of weariness or debility : fatigue |
| impalpable | incapable of being felt by touch : intangible |