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

WordMeaning
augmentto make greater, more numerous, larger, or more intense
grimfierce in disposition or action : savage
inconsequentialof no significance : unimportant
bearingthe manner in which one behaves or comports oneself : the manner in which one bears (see bear
litheeasily bent or flexed
flukeflatfish
hermeticof or relating to the mystical and alchemical writings or teachings arising in the first three centuries a.d.
unfledgednot feathered : not ready for flight
callousbeing hardened and thickened
jaundicedaffected with or as if with jaundice