GRE Word List
OBLIGATORY
binding in law or conscience
The meaning of the word obligatory is binding in law or conscience.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| hyperbole | extravagant exaggeration (such as "mile-high ice-cream cones") |
| rickety | affected with rickets |
| orthography | the art of writing words with the proper letters according to standard usage |
| inconsistency | an instance of being inconsistent |
| voluminous | having or marked by great volume or bulk : large |
| construe | to analyze the arrangement and connection of words in (a sentence or sentence part) |
| incorporeal | not corporeal : having no material body or form |
| tempestuous | of, relating to, or resembling a tempest : turbulent |
| ruse | a wily subterfuge |
| legacy | a gift by will especially of money or other personal property : bequest |