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 |
|---|---|
| degradation | the act or process of degrading |
| nourish | nurture |
| abide | to bear patiently : tolerate |
| outstrip | to go faster or farther than |
| caulk | to stop up and make tight against leakage (something, such as a boat or its seams, the cracks in a window frame, or the joints of a pipe) |
| graze | to feed on growing herbage, attached algae, or phytoplankton |
| self-righteous | convinced of one's own righteousness especially in contrast with the actions and beliefs of others : narrow-mindedly moralistic |
| nicety | the quality or state of being nice |
| disapprobation | the act or state of disapproving : the state of being disapproved : condemnation |
| odoriferous | yielding an odor : odorous |