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 |
|---|---|
| ethnic | of or relating to large groups of people classed according to common racial, national, tribal, religious, linguistic, or cultural origin or background |
| beseech | to beg for urgently or anxiously |
| downcast | low in spirit : dejected |
| mammal | any of a class (Mammalia) of warm-blooded higher vertebrates (such as placentals, marsupials, or monotremes) that nourish their young with milk secreted by mammary glands, have the skin usually more or less covered with hair, and include humans |
| carnal | relating to or given to crude bodily pleasures and appetites |
| foist | to introduce or insert surreptitiously or without warrant |
| abyss | an immeasurably deep gulf or great space |
| panoramic | of, relating to, or resembling a panorama: such as |
| intractable | not easily governed, managed, or directed |
| nepotism | favoritism (as in appointment to a job) based on kinship |