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 |
|---|---|
| pessimism | an inclination to emphasize adverse aspects, conditions, and possibilities or to expect the worst possible outcome |
| obfuscate | to throw into shadow : darken |
| unwonted | being out of the ordinary : rare |
| legend | a story coming down from the past |
| discriminating | making a distinction : distinguishing |
| sanction | a formal decree |
| vicarious | experienced or realized through imaginative or sympathetic participation in the experience of another |
| ventilate | to expose to air and especially to a current of fresh air for purifying, curing, or refreshing |
| rubble | broken fragments (as of rock) resulting from the decay or destruction of a building |
| pulse | the regular expansion of an artery caused by the ejection of blood into the arterial system by the contractions of the heart |