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 |
|---|---|
| homely | suggestive or characteristic of a place of residence or home |
| lancet | a sharp-pointed and commonly 2-edged surgical instrument used to make small incisions |
| empathy | the action of understanding, being aware of, being sensitive to, and vicariously experiencing the feelings, thoughts, and experience of another of either the past or present without having the feelings, thoughts, and experience fully communicated in an objectively explicit manner |
| amorous | strongly moved by love and especially sexual love |
| hide | to put out of sight : secrete |
| belabor | to attack verbally |
| distant | separated in space : away |
| concordat | compact |
| whiff | a quick puff or slight gust especially of air, odor, gas, smoke, or spray |
| dowry | the money, goods, or estate that a woman brings to her husband in marriage |