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 |
|---|---|
| bicker | petulant quarreling : altercation |
| decoy | a pond into which wildfowl are lured for capture |
| excoriate | to wear off the skin of : abrade |
| shangri-la | a remote beautiful imaginary place where life approaches perfection : utopia |
| coroner | a usually elected public officer who is typically not required to have specific medical qualifications and whose principal duty is to inquire by an inquest into the cause of any death which there is reason to suppose is not due to natural causes compare medical examiner |
| idiosyncrasy | a peculiarity of constitution or temperament : an individualizing characteristic or quality |
| ecosystem | the complex of a community of organisms and its environment functioning as an ecological unit |
| lachrymose | given to tears or weeping : tearful |
| tawdry | cheap and gaudy in appearance or quality |
| opiate | an alkaloid drug (such as morphine or codeine) that contains or is derived from opium, binds to cell receptors primarily of the central nervous system and gastrointestinal tract, acts to block pain, induce sedation or sleep, depress respiration, and produce calmness or euphoria, and is associated with physiological tolerance (see tolerance |
