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 |
|---|---|
| congenial | pleasant |
| hoary | gray or white with or as if with age |
| retroactive | extending in scope or effect to a prior time or to conditions that existed or originated in the past |
| whimsy | whim |
| self-righteous | convinced of one's own righteousness especially in contrast with the actions and beliefs of others : narrow-mindedly moralistic |
| ignoble | characterized by baseness, lowness, or meanness |
| incarcerate | to put in prison |
| violate | break |
| calamity | a disastrous event marked by great loss and lasting distress and suffering |
| tan | to make (skin) tan especially by exposure to the sun |