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 |
|---|---|
| verisimilitude | the quality or state of being verisimilar |
| anguish | extreme pain, distress, or anxiety |
| trappings | outward signs |
| officious | volunteering one's services where they are neither asked nor needed : meddlesome |
| punitive | inflicting, involving, or aiming at punishment |
| rolling | (of land) rising and falling in long gentle slopes; happening continuously by stages; Ex. rolling devolution of power to local governments |
| stratum | a bed or layer artificially made |
| simulate | to give or assume the appearance or effect of often with the intent to deceive : imitate |
| docile | easily taught |
| smelt | any of a family (Osmeridae) of small bony fishes that closely resemble the trouts in general structure, live along coasts and ascend rivers to spawn or are landlocked, and have delicate oily flesh with a distinctive odor and taste |