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 |
|---|---|
| retort | to pay or hurl back : return |
| bleak | exposed and barren and often windswept |
| approbation | commendation |
| cower | to shrink away or crouch especially for shelter from something that menaces, domineers, or dismays |
| conventional | formed by agreement or compact |
| motley | variegated in color |
| bestow | to put to use : apply |
| foment | to promote the growth or development of : rouse |
| soothsayer | a person who predicts the future by magical, intuitive, or more rational means : prognosticator |
| rakish | of, relating to, or characteristic of a rake : dissolute |