GRE Word List
TOUCHSTONE
a fundamental or quintessential part or feature : basis
The meaning of the word touchstone is a fundamental or quintessential part or feature : basis.
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| Word | Meaning |
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| canvass | to go through (a district) or go to (persons) in order to solicit orders or political support or to determine opinions or sentiments |
| skinflint | a person who would save, gain, or extort money by any means : miser |
| transmute | to change or alter in form, appearance, or nature and especially to a higher form |
| stereotype | to make a stereotype from |
| opportune | suitable or convenient for a particular occurrence |
| grandiloquent | a lofty, extravagantly colorful, pompous, or bombastic style, manner, or quality especially in language |
| maleficent | working or productive of harm or evil : baleful |
| reprove | to scold or correct usually gently or with kindly intent |
| kismet | fate |
| intrinsic | belonging to the essential nature or constitution of a thing |