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
mandatoryrequired by a law or rule : obligatory
disavowalto deny responsibility for : repudiate
divineof, relating to, or proceeding directly from God (see god
direexciting horror
suffuseto spread over or through in the manner of fluid or light : flush
traduceto expose to shame or blame by means of falsehood and misrepresentation
transparenthaving the property of transmitting light without appreciable scattering so that bodies lying beyond are seen clearly : pellucid
bentunenclosed grassland
preciseexactly or sharply defined or stated
stellarof or relating to the stars : astral