GRE Word List
DISCRIMINATING
making a distinction : distinguishing
The meaning of the word discriminating is making a distinction : distinguishing.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| staccato | cut short or apart in performing : disconnected |
| nuptial | of or relating to marriage or the marriage ceremony |
| fiasco | a complete failure |
| hysteria | a psychoneurosis marked by emotional excitability and disturbances of the psychogenic, sensory, vasomotor, and visceral (see visceral |
| humdrum | monotonous |
| awe | an emotion variously combining dread, veneration, and wonder that is inspired by authority or by the sacred or sublime |
| reconnaissance | a preliminary survey to gain information |
| list | a simple series of words or numerals (such as the names of persons or objects) |
| muse | to become absorbed in thought |
| abode | the place where one lives : home |