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 |
|---|---|
| archipelago | an expanse of water with many scattered islands |
| sublime | to cause to pass directly from the solid to the vapor state and condense back to solid form |
| solemnity | formal or ceremonious observance of an occasion or event |
| petrify | to convert (organic matter) into stone or a substance of stony hardness by the infiltration of water and the deposition of dissolved mineral matter |
| decorous | marked by propriety and good taste : correct |
| nausea | a stomach distress with distaste for food and an urge to vomit |
| fulsome | characterized by abundance : copious |
| bromide | a binary compound of bromine with another element or a radical including some (such as potassium bromide) used as sedatives |
| corrosive | tending or having the power to corrode |
| prong | fork |