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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WordMeaning
alliterationthe repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables (such as wild and woolly, threatening throngs)
bouta spell or period of activity: such as
innateexisting in, belonging to, or determined by factors present in an individual from birth : native
opaqueblocking the passage of radiant energy and especially light : exhibiting opacity (see opacity
bedizento dress or adorn gaudily
buttressa projecting structure of masonry or wood for supporting or giving stability to a wall or building
scapegoata 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
jettisonto get rid of as superfluous or encumbering : omit or forgo as part of a plan or as the result of some other decision
forda shallow part of a body of water that may be crossed by wading
basethe bottom of something considered as its support : foundation