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 |
|---|---|
| prefigure | to show, suggest, or announce by an antecedent type, image, or likeness |
| shangri-la | a remote beautiful imaginary place where life approaches perfection : utopia |
| migrant | one that migrates: such as |
| permissive | granted on sufferance : tolerated |
| practicable | capable of being put into practice or of being done or accomplished : feasible |
| substantiate | to give substance or form to : embody |
| ration | a food allowance for one day |
| penology | a branch of criminology dealing with prison management and the treatment of offenders |
| stringent | tight |
| obnoxious | odiously or disgustingly objectionable : highly offensive |