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 |
|---|---|
| comeuppance | a deserved rebuke or penalty : deserts |
| plutocracy | government by the wealthy |
| secrete | to form and give off (a secretion) |
| smelt | any of a family (Osmeridae) of small bony fishes that closely resemble the trouts in general structure, live along coasts and ascend rivers to spawn or are landlocked, and have delicate oily flesh with a distinctive odor and taste |
| fortuitous | occurring by chance |
| disclose | to make known or public |
| prostrate | stretched out with face on the ground in adoration or submission |
| aberration | the fact or an instance of deviating or being aberrant especially from a moral standard or normal state |
| obsequy | a funeral or burial rite |
| corrode | to eat away by degrees as if by gnawing |