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 |
|---|---|
| blue | of the color whose hue is that of the clear sky : of the color blue (see blue |
| jest | a joking or mocking remark |
| brisk | keenly alert : lively |
| sensual | relating to or consisting in the gratification of the senses or the indulgence of appetite : fleshly |
| distract | to draw or direct (something, such as someone's attention) to a different object or in different directions at the same time |
| fruitful | yielding or producing fruit |
| denounce | to pronounce especially publicly to be blameworthy or evil |
| mannerism | exaggerated or affected (see affected |
| lounge | to act or move idly or lazily : loaf |
| shade | comparative darkness or obscurity owing to interception of the rays of light |