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 |
|---|---|
| beguile | hoodwink |
| blight | a disease or injury of plants marked by the formation of lesions, withering, and death of parts (such as leaves and tubers) |
| wrinkle | a small ridge or furrow especially when formed on a surface by the shrinking or contraction of a smooth substance : crease |
| rejoinder | the defendant's answer to the plaintiff's replication |
| gruesome | inspiring horror or repulsion : grisly |
| epoch | an event or a time marked by an event that begins a new period or development |
| conducive | tending to promote or assist |
| compromise | settlement of differences by arbitration or by consent reached by mutual concessions |
| instigate | to goad or urge forward : provoke |
| pervasive | existing in or spreading through every part of something |