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 |
|---|---|
| legend | a story coming down from the past |
| sycophant | a servile self-seeking flatterer |
| bard | a tribal poet-singer skilled in composing and reciting verses on heroes and their deeds |
| migrant | one that migrates: such as |
| passive | acted upon by an external agency |
| controvert | to dispute or oppose by reasoning |
| convex | curved or rounded outward like the exterior of a sphere or circle |
| tumid | marked by swelling : swollen |
| marsupial | any of an order (Marsupialia) of mammals comprising kangaroos, wombats, bandicoots, opossums, and related animals that do not develop a true placenta and that usually have a pouch on the abdomen of the female which covers the teats and serves to carry the young |
| cupidity | inordinate desire for wealth : avarice |