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 |
|---|---|
| kudos | praise given for achievement |
| mundane | of, relating to, or characteristic of the world |
| inherent | involved in the constitution or essential character of something : belonging by nature or habit : intrinsic |
| sibylline | any of several prophetesses usually accepted as 10 in number and credited to widely separate parts of the ancient world (such as Babylonia, Egypt, Greece, and Italy) |
| hackneyed | lacking in freshness or originality |
| sophist | philosopher |
| hieroglyphic | written in, constituting, or belonging to a system of writing mainly in pictorial characters |
| kindle | to start (a fire) burning : light |
| machinations | an act of machinating |
| reciprocal | inversely related : opposite |