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 |
|---|---|
| exigency | that which is required in a particular situation |
| drone | a stingless male bee (as of the honeybee) that has the role of mating with the queen and does not gather nectar or pollen |
| exorbitant | not coming within the scope of the law |
| vigilante | a member of a volunteer committee organized to suppress and punish crime summarily (as when the processes of law are viewed as inadequate) |
| pithy | consisting of or abounding in pith |
| cognizance | a distinguishing mark or emblem (such as a heraldic bearing) |
| sever | to put or keep apart : divide |
| conversant | having knowledge or experience |
| indigence | a level of poverty in which real hardship and deprivation are suffered and comforts of life are wholly lacking |
| obtrude | to thrust out : extrude |