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 |
|---|---|
| distinctive | marking as separate or different : serving to distinguish |
| decrepit | wasted and weakened by or as if by the infirmities of old age |
| deserts | arid land with usually sparse vegetation |
| prance | to spring from the hind legs or move by so doing |
| limp | to walk lamely |
| subversive | the act of subverting : the state of being subverted |
| glossy | having a surface luster or brightness |
| rotund | marked by roundness : rounded |
| crave | to ask for earnestly : beg |
| preclude | to make impossible by necessary consequence : rule out in advance |