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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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| smug | highly self-satisfied |
| clot | a portion of a substance adhering together in a thick nondescript mass (as of clay or gum) |
| causal | expressing or indicating cause : causative |
| catechism | oral instruction |
| sluggard | a habitually lazy person |
| trinket | a small ornament (such as a jewel or ring) |
| ventral | of or relating to the belly : abdominal |
| etymology | the 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 |
| gaudy | ostentatiously or tastelessly ornamented |
| waylay | to lie in wait for or attack (someone) from ambush |