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.

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WordMeaning
enticeto attract artfully or adroitly or by arousing hope or desire : tempt
precipitousprecipitate
conventionalformed by agreement or compact
culpablemeriting condemnation or blame especially as wrong or harmful
obliterateto remove utterly from recognition or memory
haphazardmarked by lack of plan, order, or direction
incorporateto unite or work into something already existent so as to form an indistinguishable whole
coniferany of an order (Coniferales) of mostly evergreen trees and shrubs having usually needle-shaped or scalelike leaves and including forms (such as pines) with true cones and others (such as yews) with an arillate fruit
infallibleincapable of error : unerring
unsulliednot soiled or tarnished : not sullied