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 |
|---|---|
| primp | to dress, adorn, or arrange in a careful or finicky manner |
| patent | open to public inspection |
| perspicacious | of acute mental vision or discernment : keen |
| mischance | bad luck |
| retaliate | to return like for like |
| imperious | marked by arrogant assurance : domineering |
| scruple | a unit of capacity equal to ยน/โโ Apothecaries' ounce see Weights and Measures Table |
| sinuous | of a serpentine or wavy form : winding |
| vernacular | using a language or dialect native to a region or country rather than a literary, cultured, or foreign language |
| stipple | to engrave by means of dots and flicks |