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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WordMeaning
fallaciousembodying a fallacy
ambleto go at or as if at an easy gait : saunter
raga waste piece of cloth
tendto exhibit an inclination or tendency : conduce
frescothe art of painting on freshly spread moist lime plaster with water-based pigments
derivationthe formation of a word from another word or base (as by the addition of a usually noninflectional affix)
disaffecteddiscontented and resentful especially against authority : rebellious
palmany of a family (Palmae synonym Arecaceae) of mostly tropical or subtropical monocotyledonous trees, shrubs, or vines with usually a simple stem and a terminal crown of large pinnate or fan-shaped leaves
rationalizeto bring into accord with reason or cause something to seem reasonable: such as
collaborateto work jointly with others or together especially in an intellectual endeavor