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 |
|---|---|
| semblance | outward and often specious appearance or show : form |
| paraphrase | a restatement of a text, passage, or work giving the meaning in another form |
| malapropism | the usually unintentionally humorous misuse or distortion of a word or phrase |
| gist | essence; main point; substance |
| demerit | offense |
| virtual | being such in essence or effect though not formally recognized or admitted |
| felicitous | very well suited or expressed : apt |
| censorious | marked by or given to censure (see censure |
| harry | to make a pillaging or destructive raid on : assault |
| pittance | a small portion, amount, or allowance |