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 |
|---|---|
| dazzle | to lose clear vision especially from looking at bright light |
| flotsam | floating wreckage of a ship or its cargo |
| restraint | an act of restraining : the state of being restrained |
| polarity | the quality or condition inherent in a body that exhibits opposite properties or powers in opposite parts or directions or that exhibits contrasted properties or powers in contrasted parts or directions : the condition of having poles |
| capillary | resembling a hair especially in slender elongated form |
| codify | to reduce to a code |
| decorous | marked by propriety and good taste : correct |
| comestible | edible |
| overbearing | tending to overwhelm : overpowering |
| overwhelm | upset |