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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WordMeaning
idioman expression in the usage of a language that is peculiar to itself either in having a meaning that cannot be derived from the conjoined meanings of its elements (such as up in the air for "undecided") or in its grammatically atypical use of words (such as give way)
misnomerthe misnaming of a person in a legal instrument
apocryphalof doubtful authenticity : spurious
universalincluding or covering all or a whole collectively or distributively without limit or exception
haggleto cut roughly or clumsily : hack
annexto attach as a quality, consequence, or condition
improvidentnot provident : not foreseeing and providing for the future
adoreto worship or honor as a deity or as divine
ripto tear or split apart or open
barefacedhaving the face uncovered: