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 |
|---|---|
| exacerbate | to make more violent, bitter, or severe |
| antidote | a remedy to counteract the effects of poison |
| billowing | wave |
| scavenge | to remove (dirt, refuse, etc.) from an area |
| pan | a usually broad, shallow, and open container for domestic use (as for cooking) |
| humility | freedom from pride or arrogance : the quality or state of being humble |
| rend | to remove from place by violence : wrest |
| asperity | roughness of manner or of temper : harshness of behavior or speech that expresses bitterness or anger |
| poultice | a soft usually heated and sometimes medicated mass spread on cloth and applied to sores or other lesions |
| glutinous | having the quality of glue : gummy |