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 |
|---|---|
| augment | to make greater, more numerous, larger, or more intense |
| grim | fierce in disposition or action : savage |
| inconsequential | of no significance : unimportant |
| bearing | the manner in which one behaves or comports oneself : the manner in which one bears (see bear |
| lithe | easily bent or flexed |
| fluke | flatfish |
| hermetic | of or relating to the mystical and alchemical writings or teachings arising in the first three centuries a.d. |
| unfledged | not feathered : not ready for flight |
| callous | being hardened and thickened |
| jaundiced | affected with or as if with jaundice |