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.

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WordMeaning
assertto state or declare positively and often forcefully or aggressively
penancean act of self-abasement, mortification (see mortification
reciteto repeat from memory or read aloud publicly
charany of a genus (Salvelinus) of small-scaled trouts with light-colored spots
loiterto delay an activity with idle stops and pauses : dawdle
addlerotten
juxtaposeto place (different things) side by side (as to compare them or contrast them or to create an interesting effect)
insouciantlighthearted unconcern : nonchalance
pyromaniaca person who has an uncontrollable impulse to start fires : a person affected by pyromania
wrongheadedstubborn in adherence to wrong opinion or principles