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 |
|---|---|
| ascertain | to find out or learn with certainty |
| auxiliary | offering or providing help |
| glean | to gather grain or other produce left by reapers |
| dictum | a noteworthy statement: such as |
| chauvinist | an attitude of superiority toward members of the opposite sex |
| vituperative | uttering or given to censure : containing or characterized by verbal abuse |
| seine | a large net with sinkers on one edge and floats on the other that hangs vertically in the water and is used to enclose and catch fish when its ends are pulled together or are drawn ashore |
| crass | gross |
| mantle | a loose sleeveless garment worn over other clothes : cloak |
| barb | a medieval cloth headdress passing over or under the chin and covering the neck |