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 |
|---|---|
| frisk | to search (a person) for something (such as a concealed weapon) by running the hand rapidly over the clothing and through the pockets |
| connotation | something suggested by a word or thing : implication |
| accretion | the process of growth or enlargement by a gradual buildup: such as |
| stifle | to withhold from circulation or expression |
| pellucid | admitting maximum passage of light without diffusion or distortion |
| migrant | one that migrates: such as |
| masticate | to grind or crush (food) with or as if with the teeth : chew |
| throb | to pulsate or pound with abnormal force or rapidity |
| euthanasia | the act or practice of killing or permitting the death of hopelessly sick or injured individuals (such as persons or domestic animals) in a relatively painless way for reasons of mercy |
| deserts | arid land with usually sparse vegetation |