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 |
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indulgent | willing to allow excessive leniency, generosity, or consideration : indulging or characterized by indulgence |
contravene | to go or act contrary to : violate |
obloquy | a strongly condemnatory utterance : abusive language |
nascent | coming or having recently come into existence |
spectrum | a continuum of color formed when a beam of white light is dispersed (as by passage through a prism) so that its component wavelengths are arranged in order |
attribute | a quality, character, or characteristic ascribed to someone or something |
fiat | an authoritative or arbitrary order : decree |
irrelevant | not relevant : inapplicable |
imperative | not to be avoided or evaded : necessary |
insubordination | disobedient to authority |