GRE Word List
FUTILE
serving no useful purpose : completely ineffective
The meaning of the word futile is serving no useful purpose : completely ineffective.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| resourceful | able to meet situations : capable of devising ways and means |
| harry | to make a pillaging or destructive raid on : assault |
| wanderlust | strong longing for or impulse toward wandering |
| salvage | compensation paid for saving a ship or its cargo from the perils of the sea or for the lives and property rescued in a wreck |
| toxic | containing or being poisonous material especially when capable of causing death or serious debilitation |
| cornice | the molded and projecting horizontal member that crowns an architectural composition see column illustration |
| recidivism | a tendency to relapse into a previous condition or mode of behavior |
| foster | having, relating to, or being the relationship between a foster parent and the child who the foster parent cares for |
| array | to dress or decorate especially in splendid or impressive attire : adorn |
| precipitate | to throw violently : hurl |