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 |
|---|---|
| gross | glaringly noticeable usually because of inexcusable badness or objectionableness |
| relic | an object esteemed and venerated because of association with a saint or martyr |
| empathy | the action of understanding, being aware of, being sensitive to, and vicariously experiencing the feelings, thoughts, and experience of another of either the past or present without having the feelings, thoughts, and experience fully communicated in an objectively explicit manner |
| pigment | a substance that imparts black or white or a color to other materials |
| reparable | capable of being repaired |
| distend | extend |
| consecrate | dedicated to a sacred purpose |
| infallible | incapable of error : unerring |
| clasp | a device (such as a hook) for holding objects or parts together |
| litotes | understatement in which an affirmative is expressed by the negative of the contrary (as in "not a bad singer" or "not unhappy") |