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 |
|---|---|
| terminology | the technical or special terms used in a business, art, science, or special subject |
| predator | an organism that primarily obtains food by the killing and consuming of other organisms : an organism that lives by predation |
| steadfast | firmly fixed in place : immovable |
| char | any of a genus (Salvelinus) of small-scaled trouts with light-colored spots |
| emollient | making soft or supple |
| cohesion | the act or state of sticking together tightly |
| harping | a plucked stringed instrument consisting of a resonator, an arched or angled neck that may be supported by a post, and strings of graded length that are perpendicular to the soundboard |
| fallible | liable to be erroneous |
| acoustics | a science that deals with the production, control, transmission, reception, and effects of sound |
| laceration | the act of lacerating |