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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WordMeaning
conjugalof or relating to the married state or to married persons and their relations : connubial
ventto provide with a vent
erodeto diminish or destroy by degrees:
stolidhaving or expressing little or no sensibility : unemotional
palliateto reduce the violence of (a disease)
frescothe art of painting on freshly spread moist lime plaster with water-based pigments
bentunenclosed grassland
blisscomplete happiness
euphemismthe substitution of an agreeable or inoffensive expression for one that may offend or suggest something unpleasant
prognosisthe prospect of recovery as anticipated from the usual course of disease or peculiarities of the case