GRE Word List
DISCRIMINATE
to mark or perceive the distinguishing or peculiar features of
The meaning of the word discriminate is to mark or perceive the distinguishing or peculiar features of.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| profligate | wildly extravagant |
| rapport | a friendly, harmonious relationship |
| conifer | any of an order (Coniferales) of mostly evergreen trees and shrubs having usually needle-shaped or scalelike leaves and including forms (such as pines) with true cones and others (such as yews) with an arillate fruit |
| matriarch | a woman who rules or dominates a family, group, or state |
| parasite | an organism living in, on, or with another organism in order to obtain nutrients, grow, or multiply often in a state that directly or indirectly harms the host (see host |
| wary | marked by keen caution, cunning, and watchfulness especially in detecting and escaping danger |
| spatula | a flat thin implement used especially for spreading or mixing soft substances, scooping, or lifting |
| referendum | the principle or practice of submitting to popular vote a measure passed on or proposed by a legislative body or by popular initiative |
| dowdy | not neat or becoming in appearance : shabby |
| resuscitate | to revive from apparent death or from unconsciousness |