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 |
|---|---|
| pulmonary | of, relating to, affecting, or occurring in the lungs |
| sheaf | a quantity of the stalks and ears of a cereal grass or sometimes other plant material bound together |
| ramification | branch |
| euphemism | the substitution of an agreeable or inoffensive expression for one that may offend or suggest something unpleasant |
| titular | having the title and usually the honors belonging to an office or dignity without the duties, functions, or responsibilities |
| demise | death |
| sobriety | the quality or state of being sober |
| vehement | marked by forceful energy : powerful |
| extant | currently or actually existing |
| reprove | to scold or correct usually gently or with kindly intent |