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 |
|---|---|
| ballast | a heavy substance (such as rocks or water) placed in such a way as to improve stability and control (as of the draft of a ship or the buoyancy of a balloon or submarine) |
| mingle | to bring or mix together or with something else usually without fundamental loss of identity : intermix |
| bristling | a short stiff coarse hair or filament |
| broach | brooch |
| cull | to select from a group : choose |
| default | failure to do something required by duty or law : neglect |
| lionize | to treat as an object of great interest or importance |
| thematic | of, relating to, or constituting a theme |
| chasm | a deep cleft in the surface of a planet (such as the earth) : gorge |
| irremediable | not remediable |