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 |
|---|---|
| tarantula | any of various large, typically ground-dwelling, hairy, mygalomorph spiders (family Theraphosidae) of warm regions that possess venomous fangs used to subdue and kill prey (such as insects, centipedes, frogs, and mice) caught by ambush or chase and that construct silk-lined burrows but do not build webs to trap food |
| ironic | relating to, containing, or constituting irony |
| bolster | a long pillow or cushion |
| intermittent | coming and going at intervals : not continuous |
| mock | to treat with contempt or ridicule : deride |
| stoop | to bend the body or a part of the body forward and downward sometimes simultaneously bending the knees |
| mediocre | of moderate or low quality, value, ability, or performance : ordinary |
| connoisseur | expert |
| responsiveness | giving response : constituting a response : answering |
| augury | divination from auspices (see auspice |