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 |
|---|---|
| bestow | to put to use : apply |
| embitter | to excite bitter feelings in |
| discernible | able to be perceived by a sense (such as sight or smell) or by the mind : capable of being discerned |
| tightwad | a close or miserly person |
| sonnet | a fixed verse form of Italian origin consisting of 14 lines that are typically 5-foot iambics rhyming according to a prescribed scheme |
| flounder | flatfish |
| supernumerary | exceeding the usual, stated, or prescribed number |
| deify | to make a god of |
| penumbra | a space of partial illumination (as in an eclipse) between the perfect shadow on all sides and the full light |
| forego | to go before : precede |