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 |
|---|---|
| babble | to talk enthusiastically or excessively |
| petty | having secondary rank or importance : minor |
| defeatist | an attitude of accepting, expecting, or being resigned to defeat |
| pass_off | present falsely; represent falsely to be |
| climactic | of, relating to, or constituting a climax |
| materialism | a theory that physical matter is the only or fundamental reality and that all being and processes and phenomena can be explained as manifestations or results of matter (see matter |
| upshot | the final result : outcome |
| dart | a light spear |
| abortive | prematurely born |
| memorialize | to address or petition by a memorial |