GRE Word List
DISTINCTION
the act of perceiving someone or something as being not the same and often treating as separate or different : the distinguishing of a difference
The meaning of the word distinction is the act of perceiving someone or something as being not the same and often treating as separate or different : the distinguishing of a difference.
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| defalcate | deduct |
| scuffle | to struggle at close quarters with disorder and confusion |
| makeshift | a usually crude and temporary expedient : substitute |
| distinctive | marking as separate or different : serving to distinguish |
| vulpine | of, relating to, or resembling a fox |
| jollity | the quality or state of being jolly : merriment |
| flourish | to grow luxuriantly : thrive |
| annihilate | to cause to cease to exist : to do away with entirely so that nothing remains |
| vainglorious | marked by vainglory : boastful |
| allegory | the expression by means of symbolic fictional figures and actions of truths or generalizations about human existence |