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 |
|---|---|
| engulf | to flow over and enclose : overwhelm |
| bluff | having a broad flattened front |
| distinction | the act of perceiving someone or something as being not the same and often treating as separate or different : the distinguishing of a difference |
| chimerical | existing only as the product of unchecked imagination : fantastically visionary (see visionary |
| papyrus | a tall perennial sedge (Cyperus papyrus) of the Nile valley |
| remediable | capable of being remedied |
| anticlimax | the usually sudden transition in discourse from a significant idea to a trivial or ludicrous idea |
| champion | a winner of first prize or first place in competition |
| glossy | having a surface luster or brightness |
| sophomoric | conceited and overconfident of knowledge but poorly informed and immature |