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 |
|---|---|
| unobtrusive | not obtrusive : not blatant, arresting, or aggressive : inconspicuous |
| imperative | not to be avoided or evaded : necessary |
| humus | a brown or black complex variable material resulting from partial decomposition of plant or animal matter and forming the organic (see organic |
| pinch | to squeeze between the finger and thumb or between the jaws of an instrument |
| lugubrious | mournful |
| firebrand | a piece of burning wood |
| apothecary | one who prepares and sells drugs or compounds for medicinal purposes |
| pretext | a purpose or motive alleged or an appearance assumed in order to cloak the real intention or state of affairs |
| maelstrom | a powerful often violent whirlpool sucking in objects within a given radius |
| glow | to shine with or as if with an intense heat |