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
insurrectionan act or instance of revolting against civil authority or an established government
arrogancean attitude of superiority manifested in an overbearing manner or in presumptuous claims or assumptions
abolishto end the observance or effect of (something, such as a law) : to completely do away with (something) : annul
grapplethe act or an instance of grappling
inhibitedto prohibit from doing something
dispenseto divide and share out according to a plan : to deal out in portions
rejoinderthe defendant's answer to the plaintiff's replication
misadventuremisfortune
neophytea new convert : proselyte
prehensileadapted for seizing or grasping especially by wrapping around