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 |
|---|---|
| incrustation | a crust or hard coating |
| espionage | the practice of spying or using spies to obtain information about the plans and activities especially of a foreign government or a competing company |
| straggle | to wander from the direct course or way : rove |
| diaphanous | characterized by such fineness of texture as to permit seeing through |
| jest | a joking or mocking remark |
| malcontent | a discontented person: |
| fervent | very hot : glowing |
| indiscriminate | not marked by careful distinction : deficient in discrimination and discernment |
| topography | the art or practice of graphic delineation in detail usually on maps or charts of natural and man-made features of a place or region especially in a way to show their relative positions and elevations |
| patois | a dialect other than the standard or literary dialect |