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 |
|---|---|
| reserve | to hold in reserve : keep back |
| awful | extremely disagreeable or objectionable |
| grumble | to mutter in discontent |
| imbibe | drink |
| slur | an insulting or disparaging remark or innuendo : aspersion |
| flail | a hand threshing implement consisting of a wooden handle at the end of which a stouter and shorter stick is so hung as to swing freely |
| offhand | without premeditation or preparation : extempore |
| dumbfound | to confound (see confound |
| deign | to condescend reluctantly and with a strong sense of the affront to one's superiority that is involved : stoop |
| chastise | to censure severely : castigate |