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 |
|---|---|
| empirical | originating in or based on observation or experience |
| multiform | having many forms or appearances |
| impasse | a predicament affording no obvious escape |
| requisite | needed for a particular purpose : essential |
| siren | any of a group of female and partly human creatures in Greek mythology that lured mariners to destruction by their singing |
| lampoon | satire |
| gargoyle | a spout in the form of a grotesque human or animal figure projecting from a roof gutter to throw rainwater clear of a building |
| drone | a stingless male bee (as of the honeybee) that has the role of mating with the queen and does not gather nectar or pollen |
| arbiter | a person with power to decide a dispute : judge |
| glaring | having a fixed look of hostility, fierceness, or anger |