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 |
|---|---|
| spectrum | a continuum of color formed when a beam of white light is dispersed (as by passage through a prism) so that its component wavelengths are arranged in order |
| sonorous | producing sound (as when struck) |
| toxic | containing or being poisonous material especially when capable of causing death or serious debilitation |
| figure | a number symbol : numeral |
| incontrovertible | not open to question : indisputable |
| decollete | wearing a strapless or low-necked dress |
| asymmetric | having two sides or halves that are not the same : not symmetrical |
| tautological | involving or containing rhetorical tautology : redundant |
| congenital | existing at or dating from birth |
| defection | conscious abandonment of allegiance or duty (as to a person, cause, or doctrine) : desertion |