GRE Word List
DISTINCTIVE
marking as separate or different : serving to distinguish
The meaning of the word distinctive is marking as separate or different : serving to distinguish.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| prefigure | to show, suggest, or announce by an antecedent type, image, or likeness |
| vulgar | lacking in cultivation, perception, or taste : coarse |
| reciprocate | to give and take mutually |
| maul | a heavy often wooden-headed hammer used especially for driving wedges |
| attest | to affirm to be true or genuine |
| supplicant | one who supplicates |
| preen | to groom with the bill especially by rearranging the barbs and barbules of the feathers and by distributing oil from the uropygial gland |
| dishearten | to cause to lose hope, enthusiasm, or courage : to cause to lose spirit or morale |
| alluvial | relating to, composed of, or found in alluvium |
| quarantine | a period of 40 days |