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 |
|---|---|
| endear | to cause to become beloved or admired |
| vivid | very strong : very high in chroma |
| minion | a servile dependent, follower, or underling |
| indigenous | produced, growing, living, or occurring natively or naturally in a particular region or environment |
| alcove | a small recessed section of a room : nook |
| hinterlands | a region lying inland from a coast |
| patina | a usually green film formed naturally on copper and bronze by long exposure or artificially (as by acids) and often valued aesthetically for its color |
| wrongheaded | stubborn in adherence to wrong opinion or principles |
| felicity | the quality or state of being happy |
| decant | to draw off (a liquid) without disturbing the sediment or the lower liquid layers |