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 |
|---|---|
| precursor | one that precedes and indicates the approach of another |
| carnal | relating to or given to crude bodily pleasures and appetites |
| unassuaged | not quenched, eased, or satisfied : not assuaged |
| mime | an ancient dramatic entertainment representing scenes from life usually in a ridiculous manner |
| haggle | to cut roughly or clumsily : hack |
| hatch | a small door or opening (as in an airplane or spaceship) |
| collation | a light meal allowed on fast days in place of lunch or supper |
| centigrade | relating to, conforming to, or having a thermometric scale on which the interval between the freezing point of water and the boiling point of water is divided into 100 degrees with 0° representing the freezing point and 100° the boiling point |
| impermeable | not permitting passage (as of a fluid) through its substance |
| quack | to make the characteristic cry of a duck |