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 |
|---|---|
| incredulous | unwilling to admit or accept what is offered as true : not credulous : skeptical |
| conjecture | inference formed without proof or sufficient evidence |
| swill | wash |
| immobility | not moving : motionless |
| ordain | to invest (see invest |
| ordinance | an authoritative decree or direction : order |
| outcast | one that is cast out or refused acceptance (as by society) : pariah |
| tend | to exhibit an inclination or tendency : conduce |
| blotch | to mark or mar with blotches |
| pestilential | causing or tending to cause pestilence : deadly |