GRE Word List
FUTILE
serving no useful purpose : completely ineffective
The meaning of the word futile is serving no useful purpose : completely ineffective.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| maniacal | affected with or suggestive of madness |
| fathomless | incapable of being fathomed : immeasurable |
| sacrilegious | committing or characterized by sacrilege : having or showing a lack of proper respect for a sacred person, place, or object |
| defunct | no longer living, existing, or functioning |
| balk | to refuse abruptly |
| hedonist | a person who is devoted to the pursuit of pleasure : someone who practices hedonism |
| sportive | frolicsome |
| waffle | a crisp cake of batter baked in a waffle iron |
| solstice | either of the two points on the ecliptic at which its distance from the celestial equator is greatest and which is reached by the sun each year about June 21 and December 21 |
| blackball | to vote against |