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 |
|---|---|
| virtue | conformity to a standard of right : morality |
| facilitate | to make easier : help bring about |
| inconsequential | of no significance : unimportant |
| homeostasis | a 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 |
| scapegoat | a 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 |
| genus | a class, kind, or group marked by common characteristics or by one common characteristic |
| proverb | a brief popular epigram or maxim : adage |
| heinous | hatefully or shockingly evil : abominable |
| didactic | designed or intended to teach |
| stodgy | having a rich filling quality : heavy |