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 |
|---|---|
| insularity | characteristic of an isolated people |
| fawning | seeking or used to seek approval or favor by means of flattery |
| hermitage | the habitation of a hermit |
| distinction | the act of perceiving someone or something as being not the same and often treating as separate or different : the distinguishing of a difference |
| paste | a dough that contains a considerable proportion of fat and is used for pastry crust or fancy rolls |
| scapegoat | a goat upon whose head are symbolically placed the sins of the people after which he is sent into the wilderness in the biblical ceremony for Yom Kippur |
| precis | a concise summary of essential points, statements, or facts |
| polarize | to cause to vibrate in a definite pattern |
| pauper | a person destitute of means except such as are derived from charity |
| acetic | vinegary |