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.
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| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| dissident | disagreeing especially with an established religious or political system, organization, or belief |
| prance | to spring from the hind legs or move by so doing |
| beseech | to beg for urgently or anxiously |
| abase | to lower in rank, office, prestige, or esteem |
| fallible | liable to be erroneous |
| cornucopia | a curved, hollow goat's horn or similarly shaped receptacle (such as a horn-shaped basket) that is overflowing especially with fruit and vegetables (such as gourds, ears of corn, apples, and grapes) and that is used as a decorative motif emblematic of abundance |
| sodden | dull or expressionless especially from continued indulgence in alcoholic beverages |
| universal | including or covering all or a whole collectively or distributively without limit or exception |
| begrudge | to give or concede reluctantly or with displeasure |
| momentous | having great or lasting importance : consequential |