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 |
|---|---|
| assert | to state or declare positively and often forcefully or aggressively |
| penance | an act of self-abasement, mortification (see mortification |
| recite | to repeat from memory or read aloud publicly |
| char | any of a genus (Salvelinus) of small-scaled trouts with light-colored spots |
| loiter | to delay an activity with idle stops and pauses : dawdle |
| addle | rotten |
| juxtapose | to place (different things) side by side (as to compare them or contrast them or to create an interesting effect) |
| insouciant | lighthearted unconcern : nonchalance |
| pyromaniac | a person who has an uncontrollable impulse to start fires : a person affected by pyromania |
| wrongheaded | stubborn in adherence to wrong opinion or principles |