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 |
|---|---|
| braggart | a loud arrogant boaster |
| ordinance | an authoritative decree or direction : order |
| papyrus | a tall perennial sedge (Cyperus papyrus) of the Nile valley |
| flamboyant | marked by or given to strikingly elaborate or colorful display or behavior |
| colossal | of, relating to, or resembling a colossus |
| resumption | an act or instance of resuming : recommencement |
| attrition | sorrow for one's sins that arises from a motive other than that of the love of God |
| resilient | characterized or marked by resilience: such as |
| compromise | settlement of differences by arbitration or by consent reached by mutual concessions |
| toxic | containing or being poisonous material especially when capable of causing death or serious debilitation |