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 |
|---|---|
| partition | the action of parting : the state of being parted : division |
| supererogatory | observed or performed to an extent not enjoined or required |
| rarefied | being less dense |
| conscript | a conscripted person (such as a military recruit) |
| incrustation | a crust or hard coating |
| sacrilegious | committing or characterized by sacrilege : having or showing a lack of proper respect for a sacred person, place, or object |
| provenance | origin |
| varnish | a liquid preparation that when applied to a surface dries to form a hard lustrous typically transparent coating |
| infernal | of or relating to a nether world of the dead |
| codify | to reduce to a code |