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

WordMeaning
addlerotten
bickerpetulant quarreling : altercation
burgeonto send forth new growth (such as buds or branches) : sprout
humanitariana person promoting human welfare and social reform : philanthropist
constituenta member of a constituency
dribbleto issue sporadically and in small bits
incorporealnot corporeal : having no material body or form
sagaa prose narrative recorded in Iceland in the 12th and 13th centuries of historic or legendary figures and events of the heroic age of Norway and Iceland
persistto go on resolutely or stubbornly in spite of opposition, importunity, or warning
burlesquea literary or dramatic work that seeks to ridicule by means of grotesque exaggeration or comic imitation