GRE Word List
FUNDAMENTAL
serving as a basis supporting existence or determining essential structure or function : basic
The meaning of the word fundamental is serving as a basis supporting existence or determining essential structure or function : basic.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| rider | one that rides |
| desperado | a bold or violent criminal |
| shyster | a person who is professionally unscrupulous especially in the practice of law or politics : pettifogger |
| sacrosanct | most sacred or holy : inviolable |
| implicit | capable of being understood from something else though unexpressed : implied |
| pose | to set forth or offer for attention or consideration |
| corollary | a proposition (see proposition |
| rarefied | being less dense |
| poseur | a person who pretends to be what he or she is not : an affected or insincere person |
| ellipsis | the omission of one or more words that are obviously understood but that must be supplied to make a construction grammatically complete |