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 |
|---|---|
| obstreperous | marked by unruly or aggressive noisiness : clamorous |
| pedigree | a register recording a line of ancestors |
| adjunct | something joined or added to another thing but not essentially a part of it |
| synthesis | the composition or combination of parts or elements so as to form a whole |
| feud | a mutual enmity or quarrel that is often prolonged or inveterate (see inveterate |
| venerate | to regard with reverential respect or with admiring deference |
| cloister | a monastic establishment |
| bestow | to put to use : apply |
| banal | lacking originality, freshness, or novelty : trite |
| torpedo | a weapon for destroying ships by rupturing their hulls below the waterline: such as |