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 |
|---|---|
| inarticulate | incapable of giving coherent, clear, or effective expression to one's ideas or feelings |
| laceration | the act of lacerating |
| bigot | a person who is obstinately or intolerantly devoted to his or her own opinions and prejudices |
| contingent | dependent on or conditioned by something else |
| parable | a usually short fictitious story that illustrates a moral attitude or a religious principle |
| cascade | a steep usually small fall of water |
| apathy | lack of feeling or emotion : impassiveness |
| morose | having a sullen and gloomy disposition |
| axiom | a statement accepted as true as the basis for argument or inference : postulate |
| apogee | the point in the orbit of an object (such as a satellite) orbiting the earth that is at the greatest distance from the center of the earth |