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 |
|---|---|
| woeful | full of woe : grievous |
| refraction | deflection from a straight path undergone by a light ray or energy wave in passing obliquely from one medium (such as air) into another (such as glass) in which its velocity is different |
| adversity | a state or instance of serious or continued difficulty or misfortune |
| myopic | affected by myopia : of, relating to, or exhibiting myopia : nearsighted |
| probe | a slender medical instrument used especially for exploration (as of a wound or body cavity) |
| entice | to attract artfully or adroitly or by arousing hope or desire : tempt |
| palm | any of a family (Palmae synonym Arecaceae) of mostly tropical or subtropical monocotyledonous trees, shrubs, or vines with usually a simple stem and a terminal crown of large pinnate or fan-shaped leaves |
| countermand | to revoke (a command) by a contrary order |
| conception | the process of becoming pregnant involving fertilization or implantation or both |
| defer | put off |