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 |
|---|---|
| haughtiness | blatantly and disdainfully proud : having or showing an attitude of superiority and contempt for people or things perceived to be inferior |
| repellent | serving or tending to drive away or ward off |
| writ | something written : writing |
| tautological | involving or containing rhetorical tautology : redundant |
| epitaph | an inscription on or at a tomb or a grave in memory of the one buried there |
| imperil | to bring into peril : endanger |
| glutinous | having the quality of glue : gummy |
| optimist | a person who is inclined to be hopeful and to expect good outcomes : someone who is given to optimism |
| rebus | a representation of words or syllables by pictures of objects or by symbols whose names resemble the intended words or syllables in sound |
| wring | to squeeze or twist especially so as to make dry or to extract moisture or liquid |