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.

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fructifyto bear fruit
expeditiousmarked by or acting with prompt efficiency
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vertexthe top of the head
adhereto hold fast or stick by or as if by gluing, suction, grasping, or fusing
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vernacularusing a language or dialect native to a region or country rather than a literary, cultured, or foreign language
niggardlygrudgingly mean about spending or granting : begrudging
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