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 |
|---|---|
| smelt | any of a family (Osmeridae) of small bony fishes that closely resemble the trouts in general structure, live along coasts and ascend rivers to spawn or are landlocked, and have delicate oily flesh with a distinctive odor and taste |
| perfidious | of, relating to, or characterized by perfidy |
| roue | a man devoted to a life of sensual pleasure : rake |
| qualify | to reduce from a general to a particular or restricted form : modify |
| finished | entirely done |
| gruesome | inspiring horror or repulsion : grisly |
| cavalier | marked by or given to offhand and often disdainful (see disdain |
| figurative | representing by a figure or resemblance : emblematic |
| humane | marked by compassion, sympathy, or consideration for humans or animals |
| disseminate | to spread abroad as though sowing seed |