GRE Word List
ELASTIC
capable of recovering size and shape after deformation
The meaning of the word elastic is capable of recovering size and shape after deformation.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| knead | to work and press into a mass with or as if with the hands |
| vying | contending; to strive for superiority |
| reek | smoke |
| irascible | marked by hot temper and easily provoked anger |
| infirmity | the quality or state of being infirm |
| artery | any of the tubular branching muscular- and elastic-walled vessels that carry blood from the heart through the body |
| innuendo | an oblique allusion : hint |
| vogue | popular acceptation or favor : popularity |
| winnow | to remove (something, such as chaff) by a current of air |
| discretion | individual choice or judgment |