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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blue | of the color whose hue is that of the clear sky : of the color blue (see blue |
jest | a joking or mocking remark |
brisk | keenly alert : lively |
sensual | relating to or consisting in the gratification of the senses or the indulgence of appetite : fleshly |
distract | to draw or direct (something, such as someone's attention) to a different object or in different directions at the same time |
fruitful | yielding or producing fruit |
denounce | to pronounce especially publicly to be blameworthy or evil |
mannerism | exaggerated or affected (see affected |
lounge | to act or move idly or lazily : loaf |
shade | comparative darkness or obscurity owing to interception of the rays of light |