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 |
|---|---|
| postulate | demand |
| sarcasm | a sharp and often satirical or ironic utterance designed to cut or give pain |
| denouement | the final outcome of the main dramatic complication in a literary work |
| wanderlust | strong longing for or impulse toward wandering |
| opiate | an alkaloid drug (such as morphine or codeine) that contains or is derived from opium, binds to cell receptors primarily of the central nervous system and gastrointestinal tract, acts to block pain, induce sedation or sleep, depress respiration, and produce calmness or euphoria, and is associated with physiological tolerance (see tolerance |
| sublimate | sublime |
| adjunct | something joined or added to another thing but not essentially a part of it |
| windfall | something (such as a tree or fruit) blown down by the wind |
| functionary | one who serves in a certain function |
| itinerant | traveling from place to place |