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 |
|---|---|
| treasure | wealth (such as money, jewels, or precious metals) stored up or hoarded |
| dearth | scarcity that makes dear |
| eulogy | a commendatory oration or writing especially in honor of one deceased |
| cursory | rapidly and often superficially performed or produced : hasty |
| fructify | to bear fruit |
| embargo | an order of a government prohibiting the departure of commercial ships from its ports |
| pine | any of a genus (Pinus of the family Pinaceae, the pine family) of coniferous evergreen trees that have slender elongated needles and include some valuable timber trees and ornamentals |
| obnoxious | odiously or disgustingly objectionable : highly offensive |
| anathema | someone or something intensely disliked or loathed |
| oust | to remove from or dispossess of property or position by legal action, by force, or by the compulsion of necessity |