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 |
|---|---|
| vie | to strive for superiority : contend |
| subjugate | to bring under control and governance as a subject : conquer |
| defunct | no longer living, existing, or functioning |
| pass_off | present falsely; represent falsely to be |
| contusion | injury to tissue usually without laceration : bruise |
| colloquial | used in or characteristic of familiar and informal conversation |
| ordain | to invest (see invest |
| oracular | resembling an oracle (as in solemnity of delivery) |
| scion | descendant |
| shard | a piece or fragment of a brittle substance |