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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inditemake up
campa place usually away from urban areas where tents or simple buildings (such as cabins) are erected for shelter or for temporary residence (as for laborers, prisoners, or vacationers)
salientmoving by leaps or springs : jumping
partialof or relating to a part rather than the whole : not general or total
rakishof, relating to, or characteristic of a rake : dissolute
denotationan act or process of denoting
infallibleincapable of error : unerring
inciteto move to action : stir up : spur on : urge on
pungentsharply painful
leave-takingdeparture