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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| repulse | to drive or beat back : repel |
| imminent | ready to take place : happening soon |
| eon | an immeasurably or indefinitely long period of time : age |
| censorious | marked by or given to censure (see censure |
| attest | to affirm to be true or genuine |
| replica | an exact reproduction (as of a painting) executed by the original artist |
| entreat | to plead with especially in order to persuade : ask urgently |
| derivative | a word formed from another word or base : a word formed by derivation |
| interdict | a Roman Catholic ecclesiastical censure withdrawing most sacraments and Christian burial from a person or district |
| compunction | anxiety arising from awareness of guilt |