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 |
|---|---|
| rebuke | to criticize sharply : reprimand |
| confide | to have confidence : trust |
| amicable | characterized by friendly goodwill : peaceable |
| desecrate | to violate the sanctity of : profane |
| ribald | marked by coarseness or lewdness : crude |
| ethnic | of or relating to large groups of people classed according to common racial, national, tribal, religious, linguistic, or cultural origin or background |
| litotes | understatement in which an affirmative is expressed by the negative of the contrary (as in "not a bad singer" or "not unhappy") |
| profusion | lavish expenditure : extravagance |
| mass | the liturgy of the Eucharist (see eucharist |
| concatenate | linked together |