GRE Word List
OBLIGATORY
binding in law or conscience
The meaning of the word obligatory is binding in law or conscience.
Random words
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mawkish | lacking flavor or having an unpleasant taste |
canard | a false or unfounded report or story |
shunt | to turn off to one side : shift |
pacifist | an adherent to pacifism : someone who opposes war or violence as a means of settling disputes |
asinine | extremely or utterly foolish or silly |
emboss | to raise the surface of into bosses |
besiege | to surround with armed forces |
paraphrase | a restatement of a text, passage, or work giving the meaning in another form |
heterogeneous | consisting of dissimilar or diverse ingredients or constituents : mixed |
throb | to pulsate or pound with abnormal force or rapidity |