GRE Word List

OUTMODED

not being in style

The meaning of the word outmoded is not being in style.

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WordMeaning
entreatto plead with especially in order to persuade : ask urgently
homeostasisa relatively stable state of equilibrium or a tendency toward such a state between the different but interdependent elements or groups of elements of an organism, population, or group
treatisea systematic exposition or argument in writing including a methodical discussion of the facts and principles involved and conclusions reached
ulcera break in skin or mucous membrane with loss of surface tissue, disintegration and necrosis of epithelial tissue, and often pus
virulentmarked by a rapid, severe, and destructive course
woefulfull of woe : grievous
centigraderelating to, conforming to, or having a thermometric scale on which the interval between the freezing point of water and the boiling point of water is divided into 100 degrees with 0° representing the freezing point and 100° the boiling point
temperamentcharacteristic or habitual inclination or mode of emotional response
carnagethe flesh of slain animals or humans
cumbersomeunwieldy because of heaviness and bulk