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 |
|---|---|
| dynamic | marked by usually continuous and productive activity or change |
| scruple | a unit of capacity equal to ¹/₂₄ Apothecaries' ounce see Weights and Measures Table |
| travesty | a debased, distorted, or grossly inferior imitation |
| notch | a V-shaped indentation |
| languor | weakness or weariness of body or mind |
| reinstate | to place again (as in possession or in a former position) |
| pugnacity | having a quarrelsome or combative nature : truculent |
| empirical | originating in or based on observation or experience |
| belabor | to attack verbally |
| hindmost | farthest to the rear : last |