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 |
|---|---|
| vulture | any of various large birds (families Accipitridae and Cathartidae) that are related to the hawks, eagles, and falcons but have weaker claws and the head usually naked and that subsist chiefly or entirely on carrion |
| beeline | a straight direct course |
| covetous | marked by inordinate desire for wealth or possessions or for another's possessions |
| bereaved | suffering the death of a loved one |
| mendicant | beggar |
| matrix | something within or from which something else originates, develops, or takes form |
| rotundity | marked by roundness : rounded |
| pith | a usually continuous central strand of spongy tissue in the stems of most vascular plants that probably functions chiefly in storage |
| commemorate | to call to remembrance |
| unmitigated | not lessened : unrelieved |