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 |
|---|---|
| hermitage | the habitation of a hermit |
| immolate | to kill or destroy especially by fire |
| navigable | deep enough and wide enough to afford passage to ships |
| holster | a leather or fabric case for carrying a firearm on the person (as on the hip or chest), on a saddle, or in a vehicle |
| disenfranchise | to deprive of a franchise, of a legal right, or of some privilege or immunity |
| plagiarize | to steal and pass off (the ideas or words of another) as one's own : use (another's production) without crediting the source |
| paradigm | example |
| righteous | acting in accord with divine or moral law : free from guilt or sin |
| intelligentsia | intellectuals who form an artistic, social, or political vanguard or elite |
| inarticulate | incapable of giving coherent, clear, or effective expression to one's ideas or feelings |