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.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| muddle | to make turbid or muddy |
| dorsal | an ornamental cloth hung behind and above an altar |
| astute | having or showing shrewdness and an ability to notice and understand things clearly : mentally sharp or clever |
| defrock | to deprive of the right to exercise the functions of office |
| patent | open to public inspection |
| tatter | to make ragged |
| indomitable | incapable of being subdued : unconquerable |
| fissure | a narrow opening or crack of considerable length and depth usually occurring from some breaking or parting |
| throes | pang |
| ordeal | a primitive means used to determine guilt or innocence by submitting the accused to dangerous or painful tests believed to be under supernatural control |