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 |
|---|---|
| incite | to move to action : stir up : spur on : urge on |
| abeyance | a state of temporary inactivity : suspension |
| pluck | to pull or pick off or out |
| lewd | obscene |
| promote | to advance in station, rank, or honor : raise |
| bard | a tribal poet-singer skilled in composing and reciting verses on heroes and their deeds |
| topography | the art or practice of graphic delineation in detail usually on maps or charts of natural and man-made features of a place or region especially in a way to show their relative positions and elevations |
| convoke | to call together to a meeting |
| distend | extend |
| coroner | a usually elected public officer who is typically not required to have specific medical qualifications and whose principal duty is to inquire by an inquest into the cause of any death which there is reason to suppose is not due to natural causes compare medical examiner |