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 |
|---|---|
| memorialize | to address or petition by a memorial |
| asylum | an inviolable place of refuge and protection giving shelter to criminals and debtors : sanctuary |
| spoonerism | a transposition of usually initial sounds of two or more words (as in tons of soil for sons of toil) |
| hostility | deep-seated usually mutual ill will |
| surge | to rise and fall actively : toss |
| affirmation | the act of affirming |
| venture | to proceed especially in the face of danger |
| somnambulist | an abnormal condition of sleep in which motor acts (such as walking) are performed |
| tether | a line (as of rope or chain) by which an animal is fastened so as to restrict its range of movement |
| repartee | a quick and witty reply |