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 |
|---|---|
| desperate | having lost hope |
| slag | the dross or scoria of a metal |
| marsupial | any of an order (Marsupialia) of mammals comprising kangaroos, wombats, bandicoots, opossums, and related animals that do not develop a true placenta and that usually have a pouch on the abdomen of the female which covers the teats and serves to carry the young |
| judiciary | a system of courts of law |
| depravity | a corrupt act or practice |
| pandemonium | a wild uproar (as because of anger or excitement in a crowd of people) |
| tractable | capable of being easily led, taught, or controlled : docile |
| foppish | foolish |
| engulf | to flow over and enclose : overwhelm |
| addiction | a compulsive, chronic, physiological or psychological need for a habit-forming substance, behavior, or activity having harmful physical, psychological, or social effects and typically causing well-defined symptoms (such as anxiety, irritability, tremors, or nausea) upon withdrawal or abstinence : the state of being addicted |