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 |
|---|---|
| cower | to shrink away or crouch especially for shelter from something that menaces, domineers, or dismays |
| tawdry | cheap and gaudy in appearance or quality |
| eccentric | deviating from conventional or accepted usage or conduct especially in odd or whimsical ways |
| rebuke | to criticize sharply : reprimand |
| rationale | an explanation of controlling principles of opinion, belief, practice, or phenomena |
| universal | including or covering all or a whole collectively or distributively without limit or exception |
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| environ | encircle |
| rebuff | to reject or criticize sharply : snub |
| impute | to lay the responsibility or blame for (something) often falsely or unjustly |