GRE Word List
REQUISITE
needed for a particular purpose : essential
The meaning of the word requisite is needed for a particular purpose : essential.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| queue | a braid of hair usually worn hanging at the back of the head |
| sanctuary | a consecrated place: such as |
| hazy | made dim or cloudy by or as if by fine dust, smoke, or light vapor in the air : obscured by or as if by haze (see haze |
| pretentious | characterized by pretension: such as |
| moratorium | a legally authorized period of delay in the performance of a legal obligation or the payment of a debt |
| mammal | any of a class (Mammalia) of warm-blooded higher vertebrates (such as placentals, marsupials, or monotremes) that nourish their young with milk secreted by mammary glands, have the skin usually more or less covered with hair, and include humans |
| plenitude | the quality or state of being full : completeness |
| holocaust | a sacrifice (see sacrifice |
| herpetologist | a branch of zoology dealing with reptiles and amphibians |
| self-indulgence | excessive or unrestrained gratification of one's own appetites, desires, or whims |