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 |
|---|---|
| crotchety | given to crotchets (see crotchet |
| covetous | marked by inordinate desire for wealth or possessions or for another's possessions |
| luxuriant | yielding abundantly : fertile |
| azure | the blue color of the clear sky |
| prune | a plum dried or capable of drying without fermentation |
| laity | the people of a religious faith as distinguished from its clergy |
| indoctrinate | to imbue with a usually partisan or sectarian opinion, point of view, or principle |
| senility | the quality or state of being senile : the physical and mental decline associated with old age |
| sovereign | one possessing or held to possess supreme political power or sovereignty |
| clap | to strike (two things, such as two flat, hard surfaces) together so as to produce a sharp percussive noise |