GRE Word List
DISCRIMINATING
making a distinction : distinguishing
The meaning of the word discriminating is making a distinction : distinguishing.
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volatile | characterized by or subject to rapid or unexpected change |
witticism | a cleverly witty and often biting or ironic remark |
unexceptionable | not open to objection or criticism : beyond reproach : unimpeachable |
sneak | to go stealthily or furtively : slink |
nettle | any of a genus (Urtica of the family Urticaceae, the nettle family) of chiefly coarse herbs armed with stinging hairs |
conduit | a natural or artificial channel through which something (such as a fluid) is conveyed |
protract | to prolong in time or space : continue |
quadruped | an animal having four feet |
advent | the period beginning four Sundays before Christmas and observed by some Christians as a season of prayer and fasting |
weather | the state of the atmosphere with respect to heat or cold, wetness or dryness, calm or storm, clearness or cloudiness |