GRE Word List
OUTMODED
not being in style
The meaning of the word outmoded is not being in style.
Random words
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deploy | to extend (a military unit) especially in width |
stanza | a division of a poem consisting of a series of lines arranged together in a usually recurring pattern of meter and rhyme : strophe |
vigil | the act of keeping awake at times when sleep is customary |
assuage | to lessen the intensity of (something that pains or distresses) : ease |
glimmer | to shine faintly or unsteadily |
tawdry | cheap and gaudy in appearance or quality |
flirt | to move erratically : flit |
urbane | notably polite or polished in manner |
placebo | a usually pharmacologically inert preparation prescribed more for the mental relief of the patient than for its actual effect on a disorder |
demographic | the statistical characteristics of human populations (such as age or income) used especially to identify markets |