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 |
|---|---|
| staccato | cut short or apart in performing : disconnected |
| stampede | a wild headlong rush or flight of frightened animals |
| doctrinaire | stubbornly or excessively devoted to a doctrine or theory without regard to practical considerations |
| heterodox | contrary to or different from an acknowledged standard, a traditional form, or an established religion : unorthodox |
| stanch | to check or stop the flowing of |
| doom | a law or ordinance especially in Anglo-Saxon England |
| taunt | to reproach or challenge in a mocking or insulting manner : jeer at |
| legerdemain | sleight of hand |
| satire | a literary work holding up human vices and follies to ridicule or scorn |
| crinkle | to form many short bends or ripples |