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 |
|---|---|
| loom | a frame or machine for interlacing (see interlace |
| underhand | in a clandestine manner |
| countermand | to revoke (a command) by a contrary order |
| secession | withdrawal into privacy or solitude : retirement |
| matrix | something within or from which something else originates, develops, or takes form |
| witless | destitute of wit or understanding : foolish |
| petrify | to convert (organic matter) into stone or a substance of stony hardness by the infiltration of water and the deposition of dissolved mineral matter |
| cynosure | the northern constellation Ursa Minor |
| carnivorous | subsisting or feeding on animal tissues |
| oracular | resembling an oracle (as in solemnity of delivery) |