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 |
|---|---|
| executioner | one who executes |
| fetish | an object (such as a small stone carving of an animal) believed to have magical power to protect or aid its owner |
| exude | to ooze out |
| axiom | a statement accepted as true as the basis for argument or inference : postulate |
| incontinent | not continent: such as |
| mandate | an authoritative command |
| culinary | of or relating to the kitchen or cookery |
| cloying | disgusting or distasteful by reason of excess |
| desolate | devoid of inhabitants and visitors : deserted |
| disingenuous | lacking in candor |