GRE Word List

ENTAIL

to impose, involve, or imply as a necessary accompaniment or result

The meaning of the word entail is to impose, involve, or imply as a necessary accompaniment or result.

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WordMeaning
obliqueneither perpendicular nor parallel : inclined
resortone that affords aid or refuge : resource
optimista person who is inclined to be hopeful and to expect good outcomes : someone who is given to optimism
sullyto make soiled or tarnished : defile
gaffea social or diplomatic blunder
idioman expression in the usage of a language that is peculiar to itself either in having a meaning that cannot be derived from the conjoined meanings of its elements (such as up in the air for "undecided") or in its grammatically atypical use of words (such as give way)
benisonblessing
torpedoa weapon for destroying ships by rupturing their hulls below the waterline: such as
providentfrugal
suppositionsomething that is supposed : hypothesis