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 |
|---|---|
| warranty | a real covenant binding the grantor of an estate and the grantor's heirs to warrant and defend the title |
| pell-mell | in mingled confusion or disorder |
| nominal | of, relating to, or being a noun or a word or expression taking a noun construction |
| submerge | to put under water |
| idiom | an expression in the usage of a language that is peculiar to itself either in having a meaning that cannot be derived from the conjoined meanings of its elements (such as up in the air for "undecided") or in its grammatically atypical use of words (such as give way) |
| grill | to broil on a grill |
| savant | a person of learning |
| gait | a manner of walking or moving on foot |
| nepotism | favoritism (as in appointment to a job) based on kinship |
| distend | extend |