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.

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pecuniaryconsisting of or measured in money
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dodderingfeeble
importuneto press or urge with troublesome persistence
verbatimin the exact words : word for word
sophomoricconceited and overconfident of knowledge but poorly informed and immature
initiateto cause or facilitate the beginning of : set going
colossalof, relating to, or resembling a colossus
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embezzlementto appropriate (something, such as property entrusted to one's care) fraudulently to one's own use