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
ubiquitousexisting or being everywhere at the same time : constantly encountered : widespread
languiddrooping or flagging from or as if from exhaustion : weak
clapto strike (two things, such as two flat, hard surfaces) together so as to produce a sharp percussive noise
amphitheateran oval or circular building with rising tiers of seats ranged about an open space and used in ancient Rome especially for contests and spectacles
bombastpretentious inflated speech or writing
misnomerthe misnaming of a person in a legal instrument
regaleto entertain sumptuously : feast with delicacies
headlongheadfirst
purportto have the often specious appearance of being, intending, or claiming (something implied or inferred)
draughta rough written version of something that is not yet in its final form; to write the first rough version of something such as a letter, speech, book or law; to choose people and send them somewhere for a special task