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 |
|---|---|
| elaboration | planned or carried out with great care |
| sleight | deceitful craftiness |
| vagabond | a person who wanders from place to place without a fixed home : one leading a vagabond life |
| fertile | producing or bearing many crops in great quantities : productive |
| rectify | to set right : remedy |
| nectar | the drink of the Greek and Roman gods |
| abode | the place where one lives : home |
| aseptic | preventing infection |
| emasculate | to deprive of strength, vigor, or spirit : weaken |
| stupefy | to make stupid, groggy, or insensible |