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 |
|---|---|
| accretion | the process of growth or enlargement by a gradual buildup: such as |
| junket | trip |
| incredulous | unwilling to admit or accept what is offered as true : not credulous : skeptical |
| mirth | gladness or gaiety as shown by or accompanied with laughter |
| paradigm | example |
| pluck | to pull or pick off or out |
| digression | the act or an instance of leaving the main subject in an extended written or verbal expression of thought : the act or an instance of digressing in a discourse or other usually organized literary work |
| slaughter | the act of killing |
| disenfranchise | to deprive of a franchise, of a legal right, or of some privilege or immunity |
| tantamount | equivalent in value, significance, or effect |