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 |
|---|---|
| morose | having a sullen and gloomy disposition |
| pluck | to pull or pick off or out |
| callus | a thickening of or a hard thickened area on skin or bark |
| purgatory | an intermediate state after death for expiatory purification |
| concession | the act or an instance of conceding (as by granting something as a right, accepting something as true, or acknowledging defeat) |
| discombobulated | characterized by confusion or disorder |
| refute | to prove wrong by argument or evidence : show to be false or erroneous |
| wheedle | to influence or entice by soft words or flattery |
| wily | full of wiles : crafty |
| masochist | a person who derives sexual gratification from being subjected to physical pain or humiliation : an individual given to masochism |