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 |
|---|---|
| mountebank | a person who sells quack medicines from a platform |
| celerity | rapidity of motion or action |
| nurse | a person who cares for the sick or infirm |
| filibuster | an irregular military adventurer |
| encroachment | to enter by gradual steps or by stealth into the possessions or rights of another |
| asteroid | any of the small rocky celestial bodies found especially between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter |
| protagonist | the principal character in a literary work (such as a drama or story) |
| acne | a disorder of the skin caused by inflammation of the skin glands and hair follicles |
| truism | an undoubted or self-evident truth |
| caption | the part of a legal document that shows where, when, and by what authority it was taken, found, or executed |