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 |
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| gyroscope | a wheel or disk mounted to spin rapidly about an axis and also free to rotate about one or both of two axes perpendicular to each other and to the axis of spin so that a rotation of one of the two mutually perpendicular axes results from application of torque to the other when the wheel is spinning and so that the entire apparatus offers considerable opposition depending on the angular momentum to any torque that would change the direction of the axis of spin |
| elaboration | planned or carried out with great care |
| aerie | the nest of a bird on a cliff or a mountaintop |
| trinket | a small ornament (such as a jewel or ring) |
| epitaph | an inscription on or at a tomb or a grave in memory of the one buried there |
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| unruly | not readily ruled, disciplined, or managed |
| orator | one who delivers an oration |
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