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 |
|---|---|
| belligerent | inclined to or exhibiting assertiveness, hostility, or combativeness |
| litany | a prayer consisting of a series of invocations and supplications by the leader with alternate responses by the congregation |
| flit | to pass quickly or abruptly from one place or condition to another |
| rightful | just |
| wring | to squeeze or twist especially so as to make dry or to extract moisture or liquid |
| chicanery | deception by artful subterfuge or sophistry : trickery |
| latent | present and capable of emerging or developing but not now visible, obvious, active, or symptomatic |
| emend | to correct usually by textual alterations |
| noisome | noxious |
| iniquitous | characterized by iniquity |