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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| awry | off the correct or expected course : amiss |
| reprehensible | worthy of or deserving reprehension : culpable |
| extraneous | existing on or coming from the outside |
| saturate | to satisfy fully : satiate |
| hubris | exaggerated pride or self-confidence |
| tightwad | a close or miserly person |
| articulate | expressing oneself readily, clearly, and effectively |
| curb | an edging (as of concrete) built along a street to form part of a gutter |
| effulgent | radiant splendor : brilliance |
| lurid | causing horror or revulsion : gruesome |