GRE Word List
FUTILE
serving no useful purpose : completely ineffective
The meaning of the word futile is serving no useful purpose : completely ineffective.
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| thrash | to beat soundly with or as if with a stick or whip : flog |
| regale | to entertain sumptuously : feast with delicacies |
| shade | comparative darkness or obscurity owing to interception of the rays of light |
| slag | the dross or scoria of a metal |
| renovate | to restore to a former better state (as by cleaning, repairing, or rebuilding) |
| lionize | to treat as an object of great interest or importance |
| hibernate | to pass the winter in a torpid or resting state |
| authoritarian | of, relating to, or favoring blind submission to authority |
| mammoth | any of a genus (Mammuthus) of extinct Pleistocene mammals of the elephant family distinguished from recent elephants by highly ridged molars, usually large size, very long tusks that curve upward, and well-developed body hair |
| simper | to smile in a silly, affected, or ingratiating manner |