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 |
|---|---|
| materialism | a theory that physical matter is the only or fundamental reality and that all being and processes and phenomena can be explained as manifestations or results of matter (see matter |
| atheistic | a person who does not believe in the existence of a god or any gods : one who subscribes to or advocates atheism |
| quaint | pleasingly or strikingly old-fashioned or unfamiliar |
| suppliant | supplicant |
| seine | a large net with sinkers on one edge and floats on the other that hangs vertically in the water and is used to enclose and catch fish when its ends are pulled together or are drawn ashore |
| obtuse | not pointed or acute : blunt |
| dys- | abnormal |
| timidity | lacking in courage or self-confidence |
| seamy | having the rough side of the seam showing |
| abstruse | difficult to comprehend : recondite |