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.

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WordMeaning
expenditurethe act or process of expending
hibernateto pass the winter in a torpid or resting state
truisman undoubted or self-evident truth
savanta person of learning
oracularresembling an oracle (as in solemnity of delivery)
covertnot openly shown, engaged in, or avowed : veiled
unprepossessingnot tending to create a favorable impression : not prepossessing
sturdyfirmly built or constituted : stout
resoundto become filled with sound : reverberate
centigraderelating to, conforming to, or having a thermometric scale on which the interval between the freezing point of water and the boiling point of water is divided into 100 degrees with 0° representing the freezing point and 100° the boiling point