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 |
|---|---|
| tantalize | to tease or torment by or as if by presenting something desirable to the view but continually keeping it out of reach |
| herbivorous | feeding on plants |
| bungle | to act or work clumsily and awkwardly |
| outlandish | of or relating to another country : foreign |
| outcast | one that is cast out or refused acceptance (as by society) : pariah |
| detrimental | obviously harmful : damaging |
| porridge | a soft food made by boiling meal of grains or legumes in milk or water until thick |
| stipend | a fixed sum of money paid periodically for services or to defray expenses |
| inconsequential | of no significance : unimportant |
| antecedents | a substantive word, phrase, or clause whose denotation is referred to by a pronoun that typically follows the substantive (such as John in "Mary saw John and called to him") |