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 |
|---|---|
| dictum | a noteworthy statement: such as |
| distinction | the act of perceiving someone or something as being not the same and often treating as separate or different : the distinguishing of a difference |
| expatiate | to move about freely or at will : wander |
| vampire | the reanimated body of a dead person believed to come from the grave at night and suck the blood of persons asleep |
| vassal | a person under the protection of a feudal lord to whom he has vowed homage and fealty : a feudal tenant |
| grueling | trying or taxing to the point of exhaustion : punishing |
| inamorata | a woman with whom one is in love or has intimate relations |
| lottery | a drawing of lots in which prizes are distributed to the winners among persons buying a chance |
| arch- | a typically curved structural member spanning an opening and serving as a support (as for the wall or other weight above the opening) |
| swagger | to conduct oneself in an arrogant or superciliously pompous manner |