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 |
|---|---|
| artifice | clever or artful skill : ingenuity |
| sly | wise in practical affairs |
| complement | something that fills up, completes, or makes better or perfect |
| abscission | the act or process of cutting off : removal |
| converge | to tend or move toward one point or one another : come together : meet |
| resumption | an act or instance of resuming : recommencement |
| inordinate | exceeding reasonable limits : immoderate |
| presage | something that foreshadows or portends a future event : omen |
| intellect | the power of knowing as distinguished from the power to feel and to will : the capacity for knowledge |
| beneficial | producing good results or helpful effects : conferring benefits (see benefit |