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 |
|---|---|
| bluff | having a broad flattened front |
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| proliferate | to grow by rapid production of new parts, cells, buds, or offspring |
| demise | death |
| sacrosanct | most sacred or holy : inviolable |
| alliteration | the repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables (such as wild and woolly, threatening throngs) |
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