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 |
|---|---|
| actuary | clerk |
| verity | the quality or state of being true or real |
| cache | a hiding place especially for concealing and preserving provisions or implements |
| mass | the liturgy of the Eucharist (see eucharist |
| intelligentsia | intellectuals who form an artistic, social, or political vanguard or elite |
| unrequited | not requited : not reciprocated or returned in kind |
| amoral | having or showing no concern about whether behavior is morally right or wrong |
| pinion | the terminal section of a bird's wing including the carpus, metacarpus, and phalanges |
| scraps | fragments of discarded or leftover food |
| impudence | the quality or state of being impudent |