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
reserveto hold in reserve : keep back
purgeto clear of guilt
rapturean expression or manifestation of ecstasy or passion
unravelto disengage or separate the threads of : disentangle
coupa sudden decisive exercise of force in politics and especially the violent overthrow or alteration of an existing government by a small group : coup d'état
visionaryhaving or marked by foresight and imagination
mammalany of a class (Mammalia) of warm-blooded higher vertebrates (such as placentals, marsupials, or monotremes) that nourish their young with milk secreted by mammary glands, have the skin usually more or less covered with hair, and include humans
reposea state of resting after exertion or strain
elegya poem in elegiac couplets
ficklemarked by lack of steadfastness, constancy, or stability : given to erratic changeableness