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

WordMeaning
circumventto manage to get around especially by ingenuity or stratagem
consequentialof the nature of a secondary result : indirect
immutablenot capable of or susceptible to change
eschewto avoid habitually especially on moral or practical grounds : shun
bouta spell or period of activity: such as
crustthe hardened exterior or surface part of bread
eulogistica commendatory oration or writing especially in honor of one deceased
gnarledfull of knots or gnarls : knotty
breedto produce (offspring) by hatching or gestation
concessionthe act or an instance of conceding (as by granting something as a right, accepting something as true, or acknowledging defeat)