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 |
|---|---|
| sardonic | disdainfully or skeptically humorous : derisively mocking |
| shard | a piece or fragment of a brittle substance |
| merger | the absorption of an estate, a contract, or an interest in another, of a minor offense in a greater, or of a cause of action into a judgment |
| shrivel | to draw into wrinkles especially with a loss of moisture |
| vigilante | a member of a volunteer committee organized to suppress and punish crime summarily (as when the processes of law are viewed as inadequate) |
| mischance | bad luck |
| incubus | an evil spirit that lies on persons in their sleep |
| dross | the scum or unwanted material that forms on the surface of molten metal |
| unwitting | not knowing : unaware |
| usurp | to seize and hold (office, place, functions, powers, etc.) in possession by force or without right |