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 |
|---|---|
| postulate | demand |
| enterprise | a project or undertaking that is especially difficult, complicated, or risky |
| ambush | to attack by surprise from a hidden place : waylay |
| rationalize | to bring into accord with reason or cause something to seem reasonable: such as |
| indoctrinate | to imbue with a usually partisan or sectarian opinion, point of view, or principle |
| calorific | caloric |
| scapegoat | a goat upon whose head are symbolically placed the sins of the people after which he is sent into the wilderness in the biblical ceremony for Yom Kippur |
| inebriated | exhilarated or confused by or as if by alcohol : intoxicated |
| filigree | ornamental work especially of fine wire of gold, silver, or copper applied chiefly to gold and silver surfaces |
| inquisitor | one who inquires or makes inquisition |