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 |
|---|---|
| averse | having an active feeling of repugnance, dislike, or distaste |
| expostulation | an act or an instance of expostulating |
| lineaments | an outline, feature, or contour of a body or figure and especially of a face |
| sway | the action or an instance of swaying or of being swayed : an oscillating, fluctuating, or sweeping motion |
| acoustics | a science that deals with the production, control, transmission, reception, and effects of sound |
| prosaic | characteristic of prose as distinguished from poetry : factual |
| auroral | dawn |
| conservatory | a greenhouse for growing or displaying plants |
| alliteration | the repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables (such as wild and woolly, threatening throngs) |
| comprise | to be made up of |