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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WordMeaning
virtueconformity to a standard of right : morality
facilitateto make easier : help bring about
inconsequentialof no significance : unimportant
homeostasisa relatively stable state of equilibrium or a tendency toward such a state between the different but interdependent elements or groups of elements of an organism, population, or group
scapegoata goat upon whose head are symbolically placed the sins of the people after which he is sent into the wilderness in the biblical ceremony for Yom Kippur
genusa class, kind, or group marked by common characteristics or by one common characteristic
proverba brief popular epigram or maxim : adage
heinoushatefully or shockingly evil : abominable
didacticdesigned or intended to teach
stodgyhaving a rich filling quality : heavy