GRE Word List
ELUSIVE
tending to elude: such as
The meaning of the word elusive is tending to elude: such as.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| ascetic | practicing strict self-denial as a measure of personal and especially spiritual discipline |
| mundane | of, relating to, or characteristic of the world |
| resentment | a feeling of indignant displeasure or persistent ill will at something regarded as a wrong, insult, or injury |
| carillon | a set of fixed chromatically tuned bells sounded by hammers controlled from a keyboard |
| effluvium | an invisible emanation |
| renown | a state of being widely acclaimed and highly honored : fame |
| precocious | exceptionally early in development or occurrence |
| introspective | characterized by examination of one's own thoughts and feelings : thoughtfully reflective : employing, marked by, or tending to introspection |
| refraction | deflection from a straight path undergone by a light ray or energy wave in passing obliquely from one medium (such as air) into another (such as glass) in which its velocity is different |
| solicitor | one that solicits |