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 |
|---|---|
| simplistic | excessively simple or simplified : treating a problem or subject with false simplicity by omitting or ignoring complicating factors or details |
| valediction | an act of bidding farewell |
| luminary | a person of prominence or brilliant achievement |
| periphery | the perimeter of a circle or other closed curve |
| sustenance | means of support, maintenance, or subsistence : living |
| parable | a usually short fictitious story that illustrates a moral attitude or a religious principle |
| paranoia | mental illness characterized by systematized delusions of persecution or grandeur usually without hallucinations |
| comatose | of, resembling, or affected with coma |
| wrest | to pull, force, or move by violent wringing or twisting movements |
| realm | kingdom |