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 |
|---|---|
| addle | rotten |
| bicker | petulant quarreling : altercation |
| burgeon | to send forth new growth (such as buds or branches) : sprout |
| humanitarian | a person promoting human welfare and social reform : philanthropist |
| constituent | a member of a constituency |
| dribble | to issue sporadically and in small bits |
| incorporeal | not corporeal : having no material body or form |
| saga | a prose narrative recorded in Iceland in the 12th and 13th centuries of historic or legendary figures and events of the heroic age of Norway and Iceland |
| persist | to go on resolutely or stubbornly in spite of opposition, importunity, or warning |
| burlesque | a literary or dramatic work that seeks to ridicule by means of grotesque exaggeration or comic imitation |