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 |
|---|---|
| capacity | legal competency (see competence |
| wizened | to become dry, shrunken, and wrinkled often as a result of aging or of failing vitality |
| frantic | emotionally out of control |
| malleable | capable of being extended or shaped by beating with a hammer or by the pressure of rollers |
| succumb | to yield to superior strength or force or overpowering appeal or desire |
| collage | an artistic composition made of various materials (such as paper, cloth, or wood) glued on a surface |
| musty | impaired by damp or mildew : moldy |
| disabuse | to free from error, misconception, or fallacy (see fallacy |
| dank | unpleasantly moist or wet |
| austere | stern and cold in appearance or manner |