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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| incense | material used to produce a fragrant odor when burned |
| extricate | to free or remove from an entanglement or difficulty |
| lectern | a stand used to support a book or script in a convenient position for a standing reader or speaker |
| counterpart | one of two corresponding copies of a legal instrument : duplicate |
| contumacious | stubbornly disobedient : rebellious |
| whimsical | resulting from or characterized by whim or caprice |
| disinclination | a preference for avoiding something : slight aversion |
| solstice | either of the two points on the ecliptic at which its distance from the celestial equator is greatest and which is reached by the sun each year about June 21 and December 21 |
| rave | to talk irrationally in or as if in delirium |
| ruse | a wily subterfuge |