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 |
|---|---|
| impervious | not allowing entrance or passage : impenetrable |
| abstract | disassociated from any specific instance |
| impale | to pierce with or as if with something pointed |
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| spectrum | a continuum of color formed when a beam of white light is dispersed (as by passage through a prism) so that its component wavelengths are arranged in order |
| beneficent | doing or producing good |
| reprobate | an unprincipled or depraved person : scoundrel |
| proverb | a brief popular epigram or maxim : adage |
| dominate | rule |