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 |
|---|---|
| irksome | tending to irk : tedious |
| dummy | a person who is incapable of speaking |
| lax | loose |
| gesticulation | the act of making gestures |
| mode | an arrangement of the eight diatonic notes or tones of an octave according to one of several fixed schemes of their intervals (see interval |
| interim | an intervening time : interval |
| foppish | foolish |
| implode | to burst inward |
| trickle | to issue or fall in drops |
| colloquial | used in or characteristic of familiar and informal conversation |