GRE Word List
GRATUITOUS
not called for by the circumstances : not necessary, appropriate, or justified : unwarranted
The meaning of the word gratuitous is not called for by the circumstances : not necessary, appropriate, or justified : unwarranted.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| imponderable | not ponderable : incapable of being weighed or evaluated with exactness |
| contrivance | a thing contrived |
| terminal | leading ultimately to death : fatal |
| animus | a usually prejudiced and often spiteful or malevolent ill will |
| putative | commonly accepted or supposed |
| hallowed | holy |
| pretentious | characterized by pretension: such as |
| exemplary | deserving imitation : commendable |
| noncommittal | giving no clear indication of attitude or feeling |
| engender | beget |