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 |
|---|---|
| diligence | steady, earnest, and energetic effort : devoted and painstaking work and application to accomplish an undertaking : assiduity |
| pall | to lose strength or effectiveness |
| curtail | to make less by or as if by cutting off or away some part |
| intellect | the power of knowing as distinguished from the power to feel and to will : the capacity for knowledge |
| latent | present and capable of emerging or developing but not now visible, obvious, active, or symptomatic |
| exotic | introduced from another country : not native to the place where found |
| nihilist | a viewpoint that traditional values and beliefs are unfounded and that existence is senseless and useless |
| incorrigible | incapable of being corrected or amended: such as |
| shangri-la | a remote beautiful imaginary place where life approaches perfection : utopia |
| spectral | of, relating to, or suggesting a specter : ghostly |