GRE Word List
ILLUSIVE
based on or producing illusion : illusory
The meaning of the word illusive is based on or producing illusion : illusory.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| adulterate | to corrupt, debase, or make impure by the addition of a foreign or inferior substance or element |
| foresight | an act or the power of foreseeing : prescience |
| querulous | habitually complaining |
| discrete | constituting a separate entity : individually distinct |
| ovoid | resembling an egg in shape : ovate |
| scanty | limited or less than sufficient in degree, quantity, or extent |
| abbreviate | to make briefer |
| recalcitrant | obstinately defiant of authority or restraint |
| spoonerism | a transposition of usually initial sounds of two or more words (as in tons of soil for sons of toil) |
| knave | a tricky deceitful fellow |