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.
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|---|---|
| ingenuous | showing innocent or childlike simplicity and candidness |
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| wistful | full of yearning or desire tinged with melancholy |
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| profane | to treat (something sacred) with abuse, irreverence, or contempt : desecrate |
| bait | to persecute or exasperate with unjust, malicious, or persistent attacks |