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 |
|---|---|
| conformist | one who conforms : a person who behaves in accordance with prevailing standards or customs and typically dislikes or avoids unconventional behavior |
| metallurgical | the science and technology of metals |
| impotent | not potent : lacking in power, strength, or vigor : helpless |
| incontinent | not continent: such as |
| discrepancy | the quality or state of disagreeing or being at variance |
| wizardry | the art or practices of a wizard : sorcery |
| condole | grieve |
| ossify | to change into bone |
| egoism | a doctrine that individual self-interest is the actual motive of all conscious action |
| qualms | a feeling of uneasiness about a point especially of conscience or propriety |