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 |
|---|---|
| hieroglyphic | written in, constituting, or belonging to a system of writing mainly in pictorial characters |
| din | a loud continued noise |
| canker | an erosive or spreading sore |
| quicksilver | mercury |
| chary | discreetly cautious: such as |
| raucous | disagreeably harsh or strident : hoarse |
| ellipsis | the omission of one or more words that are obviously understood but that must be supplied to make a construction grammatically complete |
| semblance | outward and often specious appearance or show : form |
| acrimonious | angry and bitter : caustic, biting, or rancorous especially in feeling, language, or manner |
| genealogy | an account of the descent of a person, family, or group from an ancestor or from older forms |