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 |
|---|---|
| collusion | secret agreement or cooperation especially for an illegal or deceitful purpose |
| mutilate | to cut up or alter radically so as to make imperfect |
| ancillary | subordinate |
| decimate | to select by lot and kill every tenth man of |
| consanguinity | the quality or state of being consanguineous |
| hue_and_cry | outcry; loud cry or clamor; strong protest; Ex. hue and cry against the new rule |
| muggy | being warm, damp, and close |
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| mollycoddle | to treat with an excessive or absurd degree of indulgence and attention |
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