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 |
|---|---|
| prehensile | adapted for seizing or grasping especially by wrapping around |
| ellipsis | the omission of one or more words that are obviously understood but that must be supplied to make a construction grammatically complete |
| contest | strive |
| ostracize | to exile by ostracism |
| draconian | of, relating to, or characteristic of Draco or the severe code of laws held to have been framed by him |
| blighted | affected with blight (see blight |
| ordinance | an authoritative decree or direction : order |
| negate | to deny the existence or truth of |
| gauche | lacking social experience or grace |
| conciliatory | intended to gain goodwill or favor or to reduce hostility : tending or intended to conciliate |