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 |
|---|---|
| gnome | maxim |
| waft | to move or go lightly on or as if on a buoyant medium |
| dossier | a file containing detailed records on a particular person or subject |
| epicurean | of or relating to Epicurus or Epicureanism |
| witticism | a cleverly witty and often biting or ironic remark |
| knotty | marked by or full of knots |
| begrudge | to give or concede reluctantly or with displeasure |
| impious | not pious : lacking in reverence or proper respect (as for God or one's parents) : irreverent |
| tart | agreeably sharp or acid to the taste |
| tumult | disorderly agitation or milling about of a crowd usually with uproar and confusion of voices : commotion |