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.

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mangeany of various persistent contagious skin diseases marked especially by eczematous inflammation and loss of hair, affecting domestic animals or sometimes humans, and caused by a minute parasitic mite compare sarcoptic mange
waverto vacillate irresolutely between choices : fluctuate in opinion, allegiance, or direction
coupletwo persons married, engaged, or otherwise romantically paired
reprieveto delay the punishment of (someone, such as a condemned prisoner)
impotentnot potent : lacking in power, strength, or vigor : helpless
lumberto move ponderously
antlerone of the paired deciduous solid bony processes that arise from the frontal bone on the head of an animal of the deer family
doteto exhibit mental decline of or like that of old age : be in one's dotage
unravelto disengage or separate the threads of : disentangle
loungeto act or move idly or lazily : loaf