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 |
|---|---|
| distinction | the act of perceiving someone or something as being not the same and often treating as separate or different : the distinguishing of a difference |
| rectitude | the quality or state of being straight |
| levee | a reception held by a person of distinction on rising from bed |
| stoke | to poke or stir up (a fire, flames, etc.) : supply with fuel |
| browse | to eat (tender shoots, twigs, leaves of trees and shrubs, etc.) : to consume as browse (see browse |
| decoy | a pond into which wildfowl are lured for capture |
| efface | to eliminate or make indistinct by or as if by wearing away a surface |
| assiduous | showing great care, attention, and effort : marked by careful unremitting attention or persistent application |
| gratuitous | not called for by the circumstances : not necessary, appropriate, or justified : unwarranted |
| satiate | filled to satiety |