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 |
|---|---|
| hackles | one of the long narrow feathers on the neck or saddle of a bird |
| spat | squabble; minor dispute; minor quarrel |
| dank | unpleasantly moist or wet |
| caricature | exaggeration by means of often ludicrous distortion of parts or characteristics |
| vegetate | to lead a passive existence without exertion of body or mind |
| demented | mad |
| procrastinate | to put off intentionally and habitually |
| replica | an exact reproduction (as of a painting) executed by the original artist |
| quack | to make the characteristic cry of a duck |
| shyster | a person who is professionally unscrupulous especially in the practice of law or politics : pettifogger |