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

WordMeaning
shudderto tremble convulsively : shiver
causticcapable of destroying or eating away by chemical action : corrosive
dieto pass from physical life : expire
centigraderelating to, conforming to, or having a thermometric scale on which the interval between the freezing point of water and the boiling point of water is divided into 100 degrees with 0° representing the freezing point and 100° the boiling point
prostratestretched out with face on the ground in adoration or submission
hecklerone who heckles someone (such as a performer or speaker) usually by shouting criticisms or insults
trajectorythe curve that a body (such as a planet or comet in its orbit or a rocket) describes in space
blueof the color whose hue is that of the clear sky : of the color blue (see blue
lumberto move ponderously
flushto fly away suddenly