GRE Word List

ELUSIVE

tending to elude: such as

The meaning of the word elusive is tending to elude: such as.

Random words

WordMeaning
reparteea quick and witty reply
unequivocalleaving no doubt : clear
compulsionan act of compelling
briskkeenly alert : lively
hysteriaa psychoneurosis marked by emotional excitability and disturbances of the psychogenic, sensory, vasomotor, and visceral (see visceral
concomitantaccompanying especially in a subordinate or incidental way
humdrummonotonous
irretrievablenot retrievable : impossible to regain or recover
ingenioushaving or showing an unusual aptitude for discovering, inventing, or contriving
doteto exhibit mental decline of or like that of old age : be in one's dotage