GRE Word List
VITAL
of the utmost importance
The meaning of the word vital is of the utmost importance.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| persist | to go on resolutely or stubbornly in spite of opposition, importunity, or warning |
| balmy | having the qualities of balm : soothing |
| forge | a furnace or a shop with its furnace where metal is heated and wrought : smithy |
| analgesic | an agent producing diminished sensation to pain without loss of consciousness : a drug that is used to relieve pain and produce analgesia |
| foresight | an act or the power of foreseeing : prescience |
| contrived | having an unnatural or false appearance or quality : artificial |
| hallucination | a sensory perception (such as a visual image or a sound) that occurs in the absence of an actual external stimulus and usually arises from neurological disturbance (such as that associated with delirium tremens, schizophrenia, Parkinson's disease, or narcolepsy) or in response to drugs (such as LSD or phencyclidine) |
| outspoken | direct and open in speech or expression : frank |
| verge | brink |
| ramble | to move aimlessly from place to place |