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 |
|---|---|
| ordeal | a primitive means used to determine guilt or innocence by submitting the accused to dangerous or painful tests believed to be under supernatural control |
| frock | an outer garment worn by monks and friars : habit |
| laconic | using or involving the use of a minimum of words : concise to the point of seeming rude or mysterious |
| bigotry | obstinate or intolerant devotion to one's own opinions and prejudices : the state of mind of a bigot |
| verdant | green in tint or color |
| collate | to compare critically |
| proscenium | the stage of an ancient Greek or Roman theater |
| ramble | to move aimlessly from place to place |
| vegetate | to lead a passive existence without exertion of body or mind |
| autonomous | having the right or power of self-government |