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 |
|---|---|
| log | a usually bulky piece or length of a cut or fallen tree |
| effective | producing a decided, decisive, or desired effect |
| castigation | to subject to severe punishment, reproof, or criticism |
| ursine | of or relating to a bear or the bear family (Ursidae) |
| optimist | a person who is inclined to be hopeful and to expect good outcomes : someone who is given to optimism |
| alliteration | the repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables (such as wild and woolly, threatening throngs) |
| hallucination | a sensory perception (such as a visual image or a sound) that occurs in the absence of an actual external stimulus and usually arises from neurological disturbance (such as that associated with delirium tremens, schizophrenia, Parkinson's disease, or narcolepsy) or in response to drugs (such as LSD or phencyclidine) |
| strident | characterized by harsh, insistent, and discordant sound |
| dregs | sediment contained in a liquid or precipitated (see precipitate |
| gustatory | relating to or associated with eating or the sense of taste |