GRE Word List

SELECTIVE

of, relating to, or characterized by selection : selecting or tending to select

The meaning of the word selective is of, relating to, or characterized by selection : selecting or tending to select.

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WordMeaning
smughighly self-satisfied
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causalexpressing or indicating cause : causative
catechismoral instruction
sluggarda habitually lazy person
trinketa small ornament (such as a jewel or ring)
ventralof or relating to the belly : abdominal
etymologythe history of a linguistic form (such as a word) shown by tracing its development since its earliest recorded occurrence in the language where it is found, by tracing its transmission from one language to another, by analyzing it into its component parts, by identifying its cognates in other languages, or by tracing it and its cognates to a common ancestral form in an ancestral language
gaudyostentatiously or tastelessly ornamented
waylayto lie in wait for or attack (someone) from ambush