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 |
|---|---|
| expertise | the skill of an expert |
| negligible | so small or unimportant or of so little consequence as to warrant little or no attention : trifling |
| impede | to interfere with or slow the progress of |
| voyeur | someone who obtains sexual gratification from observing unsuspecting individuals who are partly undressed, naked, or engaged in sexual acts |
| preclude | to make impossible by necessary consequence : rule out in advance |
| retard | to delay or impede the development or progress of : to slow up especially by preventing or hindering advance or accomplishment |
| mute | unable to speak : lacking the power of speech |
| elysium | the abode of the blessed after death in classical mythology |
| prelude | an introductory performance, action, or event preceding and preparing for the principal or a more important matter |
| molten | fused or liquefied by heat : melted |