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 |
|---|---|
| waif | a stray person or animal |
| mawkish | lacking flavor or having an unpleasant taste |
| rectitude | the quality or state of being straight |
| antecedents | a substantive word, phrase, or clause whose denotation is referred to by a pronoun that typically follows the substantive (such as John in "Mary saw John and called to him") |
| paltry | inferior |
| climactic | of, relating to, or constituting a climax |
| loll | to hang loosely or laxly : droop |
| hypocritical | characterized by behavior that contradicts what one claims to believe or feel : characterized by hypocrisy |
| oscillate | to swing backward and forward like a pendulum |
| effectual | producing or able to produce a desired effect |