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 |
|---|---|
| syllogism | a deductive scheme of a formal argument consisting of a major and a minor premise and a conclusion (as in "every virtue is laudable; kindness is a virtue; therefore kindness is laudable") |
| dwindle | to become steadily less : shrink |
| arcade | a long arched building or gallery |
| nicety | the quality or state of being nice |
| homeostasis | a relatively stable state of equilibrium or a tendency toward such a state between the different but interdependent elements or groups of elements of an organism, population, or group |
| contrive | devise |
| amend | to put right |
| berate | to scold or condemn vehemently and at length |
| recidivism | a tendency to relapse into a previous condition or mode of behavior |
| voluminous | having or marked by great volume or bulk : large |