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 |
|---|---|
| effrontery | shameless boldness : insolence |
| paragon | a model of excellence or perfection |
| blandishment | something that tends to coax or cajole : allurement |
| inchoate | being only partly in existence or operation : incipient |
| prototype | an original model on which something is patterned : archetype |
| tutelary | having the guardianship of a person or a thing |
| acrid | sharp and harsh or unpleasantly pungent in taste or odor : irritating |
| distort | to twist (see twist |
| badger | any of various burrowing mammals (especially Taxidea taxus and Meles meles) of the weasel family that are widely distributed in the northern hemisphere |
| illicit | not permitted : unlawful |