GRE Word List

INEVITABLE

incapable of being avoided or evaded

The meaning of the word inevitable is incapable of being avoided or evaded.

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WordMeaning
ingratiateto gain favor or favorable acceptance for by deliberate effort
scapegoata goat upon whose head are symbolically placed the sins of the people after which he is sent into the wilderness in the biblical ceremony for Yom Kippur
forensicbelonging to, used in, or suitable to courts of judicature or to public discussion and debate
prohibitivetending to prohibit or restrain
pedanticof, relating to, or being a pedant
patriarchone of the scriptural fathers of the human race or of the Hebrew people
smughighly self-satisfied
offhandwithout premeditation or preparation : extempore
yeomanan attendant or officer in a royal or noble household
derivationthe formation of a word from another word or base (as by the addition of a usually noninflectional affix)