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 |
|---|---|
| proximity | the quality or state of being proximate : closeness |
| mete | to give out by measure : dole out |
| illusory | based on or producing illusion : deceptive |
| vagary | an erratic, unpredictable, or extravagant manifestation, action, or notion |
| surmount | to prevail over : overcome |
| quaint | pleasingly or strikingly old-fashioned or unfamiliar |
| diffidence | the quality or state of being unassertive or bashful : the quality or state of being diffident |
| pandemic | occurring over a wide geographic area (such as multiple countries or continents) and typically affecting a significant proportion of the population |
| deify | to make a god of |
| timbre | the quality given to a sound by its overtones: such as |