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 |
|---|---|
| omnipotent | almighty |
| genealogy | an account of the descent of a person, family, or group from an ancestor or from older forms |
| catechism | oral instruction |
| carrion | dead and putrefying flesh |
| capacity | legal competency (see competence |
| craven | lacking the least bit of courage : contemptibly fainthearted |
| ventilate | to expose to air and especially to a current of fresh air for purifying, curing, or refreshing |
| staccato | cut short or apart in performing : disconnected |
| acquiesce | to accept, comply, or submit tacitly or passively |
| thrash | to beat soundly with or as if with a stick or whip : flog |