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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|---|---|
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| rapt | lifted up and carried away |
| immobility | not moving : motionless |
| subsidiary | furnishing aid or support : auxiliary |
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| protuberance | something that is protuberant |
| aboriginal | being the first or earliest known of its kind present in a region |
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