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 |
|---|---|
| odds | the probability that one thing is so or will happen rather than another : chances |
| inherent | involved in the constitution or essential character of something : belonging by nature or habit : intrinsic |
| distinction | the act of perceiving someone or something as being not the same and often treating as separate or different : the distinguishing of a difference |
| conservatory | a greenhouse for growing or displaying plants |
| ethnology | a branch of cultural anthropology dealing chiefly with the comparative and analytical study of cultures |
| tenacious | not easily pulled apart : cohesive |
| abysmal | immeasurably low or wretched : extremely poor or bad |
| sinecure | an office or position that requires little or no work and that usually provides an income |
| abscission | the act or process of cutting off : removal |
| modish | fashionable |