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

WordMeaning
objectiveexpressing or dealing with facts or conditions as perceived without distortion by personal feelings, prejudices, or interpretations
chicanerydeception by artful subterfuge or sophistry : trickery
mutterto utter sounds or words indistinctly or with a low voice and with the lips partly closed
savoryhaving savor: such as
dissuadeto advise (a person) against something
exiguousexcessively scanty : inadequate
sparseof few and scattered elements
embossto raise the surface of into bosses
decimateto select by lot and kill every tenth man of
gingerlyvery cautious or careful