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 |
|---|---|
| parvenu | one that has recently or suddenly risen to an unaccustomed position of wealth or power and has not yet gained the prestige, dignity, or manner associated with it |
| sovereignty | supreme power especially over a body politic |
| spat | squabble; minor dispute; minor quarrel |
| resolve | to deal with successfully : clear up |
| brawny | muscular |
| pulchritude | physical comeliness |
| bevy | a large group or collection |
| quarantine | a period of 40 days |
| nonsense | words or language having no meaning or conveying no intelligible ideas |
| parchment | the skin of a sheep or goat prepared for writing on |