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 |
|---|---|
| tortuous | marked by repeated twists, bends, or turns : winding |
| cursive | running |
| regicide | a person who kills a king |
| reciprocal | inversely related : opposite |
| jaundice | yellowish pigmentation of the skin, tissues, and body fluids caused by the deposition of bile pigments |
| lineaments | an outline, feature, or contour of a body or figure and especially of a face |
| destitute | lacking something needed or desirable |
| subsidy | a grant or gift of money: such as |
| swarm | a great number of honeybees emigrating together from a hive in company with a queen to start a new colony elsewhere |
| ford | a shallow part of a body of water that may be crossed by wading |