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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| apex | the uppermost point : vertex |
| preternatural | existing outside of nature |
| pragmatic | relating to matters of fact or practical affairs often to the exclusion of intellectual or artistic matters : practical as opposed to idealistic |
| reaper | one that reaps |
| loathe | to dislike greatly and often with disgust or intolerance : detest |
| faculty | ability |
| 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") |
| idiom | an 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) |
| ruse | a wily subterfuge |
| umbrage | a feeling of pique or resentment at some often fancied slight or insult |