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 |
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evince | to constitute outward evidence of |
pitfall | trap |
queer | differing in some way from what is usual or normal : odd |
cataclysm | flood |
posterity | the offspring of one progenitor to the furthest generation |
jug | a large deep container (as of glass, earthenware, or plastic) with a narrow mouth and a handle |
dogmatic | characterized by or given to the expression of opinions very strongly or positively as if they were facts |
epitaph | an inscription on or at a tomb or a grave in memory of the one buried there |
awful | extremely disagreeable or objectionable |
adamant | unshakable or insistent especially in maintaining a position or opinion : unyielding |