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 |
|---|---|
| misnomer | the misnaming of a person in a legal instrument |
| grandeur | the quality or state of being grand : magnificence |
| curmudgeon | a crusty, ill-tempered, and usually old man |
| syllogism | a deductive scheme of a formal argument consisting of a major and a minor premise and a conclusion (as in "every virtue is laudable; kindness is a virtue; therefore kindness is laudable") |
| mottled | marked with spots of different colors : having blotches of two or more colors |
| commiserate | to feel or express sympathy : condole |
| actuarial | of or relating to actuaries |
| sheer | unqualified |
| unique | being the only one : sole |
| malady | a disease or disorder of the animal body |