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 |
|---|---|
| divulge | to make known (something, such as a confidence or secret) |
| cerebration | to use the mind : think |
| consonance | harmony or agreement among components |
| overbearing | tending to overwhelm : overpowering |
| luminous | emitting or reflecting usually steady, suffused, or glowing light |
| frail | easily led into evil |
| incentive | something that incites or has a tendency to incite to determination or action |
| stipulate | to make an agreement or covenant to do or forbear something : contract |
| frisk | to search (a person) for something (such as a concealed weapon) by running the hand rapidly over the clothing and through the pockets |
| dichotomy | a division into two especially mutually exclusive or contradictory groups or entities |