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 |
|---|---|
| complacency | self-satisfaction especially when accompanied by unawareness of actual dangers or deficiencies |
| reciprocate | to give and take mutually |
| vertigo | a sensation of motion in which the individual or the individual's surroundings seem to whirl dizzily |
| bugaboo | an imaginary object of fear |
| carat | a unit of fineness for gold equal to ¹/₂₄ part of pure gold in an alloy |
| shack | hut |
| grim | fierce in disposition or action : savage |
| pecuniary | consisting of or measured in money |
| disembark | to remove to shore from a ship |
| poise | balance |