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 |
|---|---|
| megalomania | a mania (see mania |
| pretentious | characterized by pretension: such as |
| importunate | troublesomely urgent : overly persistent in request or demand |
| beget | to procreate as the father : sire |
| diffidence | the quality or state of being unassertive or bashful : the quality or state of being diffident |
| poseur | a person who pretends to be what he or she is not : an affected or insincere person |
| defray | to provide for the payment of : pay |
| gull | any of numerous long-winged web-footed aquatic birds (subfamily Larinae of the family Laridae) |
| gerontology | the comprehensive multidisciplinary study of aging and older adults compare geriatrics |
| flail | a hand threshing implement consisting of a wooden handle at the end of which a stouter and shorter stick is so hung as to swing freely |