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 |
|---|---|
| comity | friendly social atmosphere : social harmony |
| reprise | a musical repetition: |
| trinket | a small ornament (such as a jewel or ring) |
| mannered | having manners of a specified kind |
| numismatist | the study or collection of coins, tokens, and paper money and sometimes related objects (such as medals) |
| laborious | involving, requiring, or characterized by hard and sustained effort : arduous |
| jettison | to get rid of as superfluous or encumbering : omit or forgo as part of a plan or as the result of some other decision |
| alcove | a small recessed section of a room : nook |
| delude | to mislead the mind or judgment of : deceive |
| maelstrom | a powerful often violent whirlpool sucking in objects within a given radius |