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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babble | to talk enthusiastically or excessively |
petty | having secondary rank or importance : minor |
defeatist | an attitude of accepting, expecting, or being resigned to defeat |
pass_off | present falsely; represent falsely to be |
climactic | of, relating to, or constituting a climax |
materialism | a theory that physical matter is the only or fundamental reality and that all being and processes and phenomena can be explained as manifestations or results of matter (see matter |
upshot | the final result : outcome |
dart | a light spear |
abortive | prematurely born |
memorialize | to address or petition by a memorial |