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 |
|---|---|
| alchemy | a medieval chemical science and speculative philosophy aiming to achieve the transmutation of the base metals into gold, the discovery of a universal cure for disease, and the discovery of a means of indefinitely prolonging life |
| chary | discreetly cautious: such as |
| ruddy | having a healthy reddish color |
| slacken | to make less active : slow up |
| terrestrial | of or relating to the earth or its inhabitants |
| ascendancy | governing or controlling influence : domination |
| salvage | compensation paid for saving a ship or its cargo from the perils of the sea or for the lives and property rescued in a wreck |
| shed | to rid oneself of temporarily or permanently as superfluous or unwanted |
| disabuse | to free from error, misconception, or fallacy (see fallacy |
| ramshackle | appearing ready to collapse : rickety |