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 |
|---|---|
| inordinate | exceeding reasonable limits : immoderate |
| decant | to draw off (a liquid) without disturbing the sediment or the lower liquid layers |
| memento | something that serves to warn or remind |
| acclivity | an ascending slope (as of a hill) |
| lancet | a sharp-pointed and commonly 2-edged surgical instrument used to make small incisions |
| smattering | superficial piecemeal knowledge |
| copious | yielding something abundantly |
| prohibitive | tending to prohibit or restrain |
| proponent | one who argues in favor of something : advocate |
| calculated | apt |