GRE Word List
DISCRIMINATING
making a distinction : distinguishing
The meaning of the word discriminating is making a distinction : distinguishing.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| mason | a skilled worker who builds by laying units of substantial material (such as stone or brick) |
| arrears | the state of being behind in the discharge of obligations |
| analgesia | insensibility to pain without loss of consciousness |
| blight | a disease or injury of plants marked by the formation of lesions, withering, and death of parts (such as leaves and tubers) |
| badger | any of various burrowing mammals (especially Taxidea taxus and Meles meles) of the weasel family that are widely distributed in the northern hemisphere |
| prolixity | unduly prolonged or drawn out : too long |
| irksome | tending to irk : tedious |
| extrapolation | to predict by projecting past experience or known data |
| sprightly | marked by a gay lightness and vivacity : spirited |
| affected | artificial; pretended |