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 |
|---|---|
| illimitable | incapable of being limited or bounded : measureless |
| apogee | the point in the orbit of an object (such as a satellite) orbiting the earth that is at the greatest distance from the center of the earth |
| ravel | to become unwoven, untwisted, or unwound : fray |
| genesis | the origin or coming into being of something |
| phlegmatic | resembling, consisting of, or producing the humor phlegm |
| chameleon | any of a family (Chamaeleontidae) of chiefly arboreal (see arboreal |
| mingle | to bring or mix together or with something else usually without fundamental loss of identity : intermix |
| approbation | commendation |
| seine | a large net with sinkers on one edge and floats on the other that hangs vertically in the water and is used to enclose and catch fish when its ends are pulled together or are drawn ashore |
| libretto | the text of a work (such as an opera) for the musical theater |