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 |
|---|---|
| curator | a person who oversees or manages a place (such as a museum or zoo) that offers exhibits |
| distract | to draw or direct (something, such as someone's attention) to a different object or in different directions at the same time |
| philanderer | a man who has sexual relations with many women |
| perdition | eternal damnation |
| raffle | to engage in a raffle |
| proletarian | a member of the proletariat |
| ape | any of various large tailless semi-erect primates of Africa and southeastern Asia (such as the chimpanzee, gorilla, orangutan, or gibbon) |
| languish | to be or become feeble, weak, or enervated |
| desiccate | to dry up |
| parameter | an arbitrary constant whose value characterizes a member of a system (such as a family of curves) |