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 |
|---|---|
| interpolate | to alter or corrupt (something, such as a text) by inserting new or foreign matter |
| morgue | a place where the bodies of dead persons are kept temporarily pending identification or release for burial or autopsy |
| culvert | a transverse drain |
| bristle | a short stiff coarse hair or filament |
| clemency | disposition to be merciful and especially to moderate the severity of punishment due |
| complementary | serving to fill out or complete |
| quack | to make the characteristic cry of a duck |
| tensile | capable of tension : ductile |
| reprise | a musical repetition: |
| debunk | to expose the sham (see sham |