GRE Word List
ELUSIVE
tending to elude: such as
The meaning of the word elusive is tending to elude: such as.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| proscribe | to publish the name of as condemned to death with the property of the condemned forfeited to the state |
| drudgery | dull, irksome, and fatiguing work : uninspiring or menial labor |
| vivisection | the cutting of or operation on a living animal usually for physiological or pathological investigation |
| welt | a strip between a shoe sole and upper through which they are stitched or stapled together |
| lout | to bow in respect |
| poultice | a soft usually heated and sometimes medicated mass spread on cloth and applied to sores or other lesions |
| bard | a tribal poet-singer skilled in composing and reciting verses on heroes and their deeds |
| stilted | pompous |
| partial | of or relating to a part rather than the whole : not general or total |
| chide | to speak out in angry or displeased rebuke |