GRE Word List
DISCRIMINATING
making a distinction : distinguishing
The meaning of the word discriminating is making a distinction : distinguishing.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| maudlin | drunk enough to be emotionally silly |
| refraction | deflection from a straight path undergone by a light ray or energy wave in passing obliquely from one medium (such as air) into another (such as glass) in which its velocity is different |
| pulpit | an elevated platform or high reading desk used in preaching or conducting a worship service |
| touching | capable of arousing emotions of tenderness or compassion |
| teetotalism | the principle or practice of complete abstinence from alcoholic drinks |
| engross | to copy or write in a large hand |
| nugatory | of little or no consequence : trifling |
| digression | the act or an instance of leaving the main subject in an extended written or verbal expression of thought : the act or an instance of digressing in a discourse or other usually organized literary work |
| berate | to scold or condemn vehemently and at length |
| relevant | having significant and demonstrable bearing on the matter at hand |