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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| ablution | the washing of one's body or part of it (as in a religious rite) |
| trivia | unimportant matters : trivial facts or details |
| brindled | having obscure dark streaks or flecks on a usually gray or tawny ground |
| camp | a place usually away from urban areas where tents or simple buildings (such as cabins) are erected for shelter or for temporary residence (as for laborers, prisoners, or vacationers) |
| crossbreed | hybridize |
| expansive | having a capacity or a tendency to expand |
| doddering | feeble |
| desiccate | to dry up |
| annul | to declare or make legally invalid or void |
| gust | the sensation of taste |