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 |
|---|---|
| unearthly | not earthly: such as |
| tenant | one who has the occupation or temporary possession of lands or tenements of another |
| bestial | of or relating to beasts |
| siren | any of a group of female and partly human creatures in Greek mythology that lured mariners to destruction by their singing |
| nubile | of marriageable condition or age |
| eclipse | the total or partial obscuring of one celestial body by another |
| impeccable | free from fault or blame : flawless |
| putrescent | undergoing putrefaction : becoming putrid |
| substantive | having substance : involving matters of major or practical importance to all concerned |
| oblique | neither perpendicular nor parallel : inclined |