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 |
|---|---|
| makeshift | a usually crude and temporary expedient : substitute |
| corollary | a proposition (see proposition |
| sensuous | of or relating to the senses or sensible objects |
| subservient | useful in an inferior capacity : subordinate |
| swill | wash |
| penetrate | to pass into or through |
| nostalgia | a wistful or excessively sentimental yearning for return to or of some past period or irrecoverable condition |
| cacophonous | marked by cacophony : harsh-sounding |
| civil | of or relating to citizens |
| orient | to direct (something, such as a book or film) toward the interests of a particular group |