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 |
|---|---|
| cuisine | manner of preparing food : style of cooking |
| defection | conscious abandonment of allegiance or duty (as to a person, cause, or doctrine) : desertion |
| efface | to eliminate or make indistinct by or as if by wearing away a surface |
| forlorn | bereft |
| vituperative | uttering or given to censure : containing or characterized by verbal abuse |
| colander | a perforated utensil for washing or draining food |
| awe | an emotion variously combining dread, veneration, and wonder that is inspired by authority or by the sacred or sublime |
| disenfranchise | to deprive of a franchise, of a legal right, or of some privilege or immunity |
| fanciful | marked by fancy or unrestrained imagination rather than by reason and experience |
| beeline | a straight direct course |