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 |
|---|---|
| rakish | of, relating to, or characteristic of a rake : dissolute |
| terminus | either end of a transportation line or travel route |
| intrinsic | belonging to the essential nature or constitution of a thing |
| auxiliary | offering or providing help |
| beneficial | producing good results or helpful effects : conferring benefits (see benefit |
| premise | a proposition antecedently supposed or proved as a basis of argument or inference |
| smudge | to make a smudge on |
| bard | a tribal poet-singer skilled in composing and reciting verses on heroes and their deeds |
| nonplus | a state of bafflement or perplexity : quandary |
| simile | a figure of speech comparing two unlike things that is often introduced by like or as (as in cheeks like roses) compare metaphor |