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
balefuldeadly or pernicious in influence
mortifyto subject to severe and vexing embarrassment : shame
partitionthe action of parting : the state of being parted : division
quellto thoroughly overwhelm and reduce to submission or passivity
idlenot occupied or employed: such as
wrathstrong vengeful anger or indignation
sanctimonioushypocritically pious or devout
stratifiedformed, deposited, or arranged in stable layers or strata
pretexta purpose or motive alleged or an appearance assumed in order to cloak the real intention or state of affairs
solsticeeither of the two points on the ecliptic at which its distance from the celestial equator is greatest and which is reached by the sun each year about June 21 and December 21