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 |
|---|---|
| junket | trip |
| libido | instinctual psychic energy that in psychoanalytic theory is derived from primitive biological urges (as for sexual pleasure or self-preservation) and that is expressed in conscious activity |
| archetype | the original pattern or model of which all things of the same type are representations or copies : prototype |
| adjacent | not distant : nearby |
| gangrene | local death of soft tissues due to loss of blood supply |
| consanguinity | the quality or state of being consanguineous |
| blunt | having an edge or point that is not sharp |
| tyro | a beginner in learning : novice |
| sage | one (such as a profound philosopher) distinguished for wisdom |
| loathe | to dislike greatly and often with disgust or intolerance : detest |