GRE Word List
OBLIGATORY
binding; required; compulsory; V. oblige: constrain; make grateful; do a favor; accommodate
The meaning of the word obligatory is binding; required; compulsory; V. oblige: constrain; make grateful; do a favor; accommodate.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| defray | provide for the payment of; undertake the payment of; pay |
| culprit | one guilty of a crime |
| defalcate | embezzle |
| wage | begin and continue (a war) |
| stereotype | one regarded as embodying a set image or type; fixed and unvarying representation; standardized mental picture often reflecting prejudice; Ex. stereotype of the happy slave; V: make a stereotype of; represent by a stereotype; Ex. It is wrong to stereotype people; Ex. stereotyped answer |
| trickle | flow in drops or in a thin stream; N. |
| hibernate | sleep throughout the winter; N. hibernation |
| grisly | ghastly; horrifying; Ex. grisly remains of the bodies |
| amphitheater | oval building with tiers of seats; CF. arena |
| refuse | anything discarded or rejected as worthless; trash |
