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 |
|---|---|
| calligraphy | artistic, stylized, or elegant handwriting or lettering |
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| outskirts | a part remote from the center : border |
| cantata | a composition for one or more voices usually comprising solos, duets, recitatives, and choruses and sung to an instrumental accompaniment |
| emollient | making soft or supple |
| centripetal | proceeding or acting in a direction toward a center or axis |
| inexorable | not to be persuaded, moved, or stopped : relentless |
| acoustics | a science that deals with the production, control, transmission, reception, and effects of sound |
| constituent | a member of a constituency |