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 |
|---|---|
| cue | the letter q |
| ferocious | exhibiting or given to extreme fierceness and unrestrained violence and brutality |
| relevant | having significant and demonstrable bearing on the matter at hand |
| therapeutic | of or relating to the treatment of disease or disorders by remedial agents or methods : curative |
| apprehensive | viewing the future with anxiety or alarm : feeling or showing fear or apprehension about the future |
| marred | to ruin or diminish the perfection or wholeness of : spoil |
| circumlocution | the use of an unnecessarily large number of words to express an idea |
| rubble | broken fragments (as of rock) resulting from the decay or destruction of a building |
| argot | the language used by a particular type or group of people : an often more or less secret vocabulary and idiom peculiar to a particular group |
| clot | a portion of a substance adhering together in a thick nondescript mass (as of clay or gum) |