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 |
|---|---|
| consternation | amazement or dismay that hinders or throws into confusion |
| resuscitate | to revive from apparent death or from unconsciousness |
| vicarious | experienced or realized through imaginative or sympathetic participation in the experience of another |
| vindictive | disposed to seek revenge : vengeful |
| sibylline | any of several prophetesses usually accepted as 10 in number and credited to widely separate parts of the ancient world (such as Babylonia, Egypt, Greece, and Italy) |
| placate | to soothe or mollify especially by concessions : appease |
| ravage | an act or practice of ravaging |
| refuse | to express oneself as unwilling to accept |
| hoax | to trick into believing or accepting as genuine something false and often preposterous |
| feasible | capable of being done or carried out |