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.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| generality | the quality or state of being general |
| caucus | a closed meeting of a group of persons belonging to the same political party or faction usually to select candidates or to decide on policy |
| irrevocable | not possible to revoke : unalterable |
| academic | of, relating to, or associated with an academy or school especially of higher learning |
| covenant | a usually formal, solemn, and binding agreement : compact |
| ovation | a ceremony attending the entering of Rome by a general who had won a victory of less importance than that for which a triumph was granted |
| stigma | a mark of shame or discredit : stain |
| pithy | consisting of or abounding in pith |
| amputate | to remove by or as if by cutting |
| vagary | an erratic, unpredictable, or extravagant manifestation, action, or notion |