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 |
|---|---|
| alliteration | the repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables (such as wild and woolly, threatening throngs) |
| bout | a spell or period of activity: such as |
| innate | existing in, belonging to, or determined by factors present in an individual from birth : native |
| opaque | blocking the passage of radiant energy and especially light : exhibiting opacity (see opacity |
| bedizen | to dress or adorn gaudily |
| buttress | a projecting structure of masonry or wood for supporting or giving stability to a wall or building |
| scapegoat | a goat upon whose head are symbolically placed the sins of the people after which he is sent into the wilderness in the biblical ceremony for Yom Kippur |
| jettison | to get rid of as superfluous or encumbering : omit or forgo as part of a plan or as the result of some other decision |
| ford | a shallow part of a body of water that may be crossed by wading |
| base | the bottom of something considered as its support : foundation |