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 |
|---|---|
| incursion | a hostile entrance into a territory : raid |
| ordination | the act or an instance of ordaining : the state of being ordained |
| retrench | cut down |
| distrait | apprehensively divided or withdrawn in attention : distracted |
| gesticulation | the act of making gestures |
| demur | to take exception : object |
| incorrigible | incapable of being corrected or amended: such as |
| extrinsic | not forming part of or belonging to a thing : extraneous |
| unravel | to disengage or separate the threads of : disentangle |
| utopia | a place of ideal perfection especially in laws, government, and social conditions |