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 |
|---|---|
| dexterous | mentally adroit and skillful : clever |
| canny | clever |
| gratuitous | not called for by the circumstances : not necessary, appropriate, or justified : unwarranted |
| saturnine | born under or influenced astrologically by the planet Saturn |
| pilfer | steal |
| ribald | marked by coarseness or lewdness : crude |
| drama | a composition (see composition |
| providence | divine guidance or care |
| argot | the language used by a particular type or group of people : an often more or less secret vocabulary and idiom peculiar to a particular group |
| rebate | to reduce the force or activity of : diminish |