GRE Word List
DEFINITIVE
serving to provide a final solution or to end a situation
The meaning of the word definitive is serving to provide a final solution or to end a situation.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| geriatrics | a branch of medicine that deals with the problems and diseases of old age and the medical care and treatment of aging people |
| buffoon | a ludicrous figure : clown |
| mode | an arrangement of the eight diatonic notes or tones of an octave according to one of several fixed schemes of their intervals (see interval |
| collage | an artistic composition made of various materials (such as paper, cloth, or wood) glued on a surface |
| derision | the use of ridicule or scorn to show contempt |
| circumspect | careful to consider all circumstances and possible consequences : prudent |
| earn | to receive as return for effort and especially for work done or services rendered |
| embody | to give a body to (a spirit) : incarnate |
| occident | west |
| hut | an often small and temporary dwelling of simple construction : shack |