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 |
|---|---|
| euphemism | the substitution of an agreeable or inoffensive expression for one that may offend or suggest something unpleasant |
| figure | a number symbol : numeral |
| insuperable | incapable of being surmounted, overcome, passed over, or solved |
| unearth | to dig up out of or as if out of the earth : exhume |
| deranged | mentally unsound : crazy |
| despise | to look down on with disrespect or aversion |
| outcast | one that is cast out or refused acceptance (as by society) : pariah |
| minion | a servile dependent, follower, or underling |
| canter | one who uses cant: such as |
| wean | to accustom (a young child or animal) to take food otherwise than by nursing |