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

WordMeaning
compulsivehaving power to compel
inertlacking the power to move
derideto laugh at or insult contemptuously
trancestupor
disperseto cause to break up (see break up
rebateto reduce the force or activity of : diminish
underlyinglying beneath or below
giddydizzy
parameteran arbitrary constant whose value characterizes a member of a system (such as a family of curves)
vituperativeuttering or given to censure : containing or characterized by verbal abuse