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 |
|---|---|
| anodyne | serving to alleviate pain |
| reminiscence | apprehension of a Platonic idea as if it had been known in a previous existence |
| finished | entirely done |
| rendezvous | a place appointed for assembling or meeting |
| pacifist | an adherent to pacifism : someone who opposes war or violence as a means of settling disputes |
| profligate | wildly extravagant |
| magniloquent | speaking in or characterized by a high-flown often bombastic style or manner |
| rapacious | excessively grasping or covetous |
| provender | dry food for domestic animals : feed |
| intervene | to occur, fall, or come between points of time or events |