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 |
|---|---|
| placate | to soothe or mollify especially by concessions : appease |
| relinquish | to withdraw or retreat from : leave behind |
| rickety | affected with rickets |
| clique | a narrow exclusive circle or group of persons |
| retard | to delay or impede the development or progress of : to slow up especially by preventing or hindering advance or accomplishment |
| kindle | to start (a fire) burning : light |
| adulterate | to corrupt, debase, or make impure by the addition of a foreign or inferior substance or element |
| avow | to declare assuredly |
| eugenic | relating to or fitted for the production of good offspring |
| matriculate | to enroll as a member of a body and especially of a college or university |