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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WordMeaning
mountebanka person who sells quack medicines from a platform
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truisman undoubted or self-evident truth
captionthe part of a legal document that shows where, when, and by what authority it was taken, found, or executed