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 |
|---|---|
| prognosis | the prospect of recovery as anticipated from the usual course of disease or peculiarities of the case |
| coiffure | a style or manner of arranging the hair |
| evanescent | tending to vanish like vapor |
| hapless | having no luck : unfortunate |
| nebulous | of, relating to, or resembling a nebula : nebular |
| revelry | noisy partying or merrymaking |
| conjecture | inference formed without proof or sufficient evidence |
| nostrum | a medicine of secret composition recommended by its preparer but usually without scientific proof of its effectiveness |
| prescience | foreknowledge of events: |
| raucous | disagreeably harsh or strident : hoarse |