GRE Word List
IMPERATIVE
not to be avoided or evaded : necessary
The meaning of the word imperative is not to be avoided or evaded : necessary.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| prevaricate | to deviate from the truth : equivocate |
| penitent | feeling or expressing humble or regretful pain or sorrow for sins or offenses : repentant |
| gloat | to observe or think about something with triumphant and often malicious satisfaction, gratification, or delight |
| impoverish | to make poor |
| solecism | an ungrammatical combination of words in a sentence |
| queasy | causing nausea |
| accede | to express approval or give consent : to agree to a request or demand |
| ventilate | to expose to air and especially to a current of fresh air for purifying, curing, or refreshing |
| misanthrope | a person who hates or distrusts humankind |
| vertebrate | any of a subphylum (Vertebrata) of chordates that comprises animals (such as mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes) typically having a bony or cartilaginous spinal column which replaces the notochord, a distinct head containing a brain which arises as an enlarged part of the nerve cord, and an internal usually bony skeleton and that includes some primitive forms (such as lampreys) in which the spinal column is absent and the notochord persists throughout life |