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 |
|---|---|
| refrain | curb |
| drip | to let fall in drops |
| vagabond | a person who wanders from place to place without a fixed home : one leading a vagabond life |
| trappings | outward signs |
| hedonist | a person who is devoted to the pursuit of pleasure : someone who practices hedonism |
| covert | not openly shown, engaged in, or avowed : veiled |
| scintilla | spark |
| peroration | the concluding part of a discourse and especially an oration |
| vaporize | to convert (as by the application of heat or by spraying) into vapor |
| strangle | to choke to death by compressing the throat with something (such as a hand or rope) : throttle |